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Heavyweight (>175 pounds), Men

Date21 – 24 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationFeestzaal, Koninklijke Zoölogische Maatschappij, Antwerpen
Participants9 from 7 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

Ronald Rawson was probably the most dominating boxer of the 1920 Olympics. None of his three opponents finished their matches with him. His first two matches were stopped in the third and first rounds, respectively, while in the finals he defeated Søren Petersen by a knock-out in the 2nd round. Rawson retired after winning the 1921 Amateur Boxing Association (Britain) Championship. His career record was 28 wins with no losses, and 27 wins by knock-out. Petersen later became a respected Danish professional boxer. In 1924 he was still an amateur and again won the silver medal in the heavyweight division.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Ron RawsonGBRGold
2Søren PetersenDENSilver
3Xavier EluèreFRABronze
4William SpenglerUSA
=5Jean CreusenBEL
=5Frank DoveGBR
=5Sigurd HoelNOR
=5Samuel StewartUSA
9Mariano BarbaresiITA
DNSArchie McDiarmidCAN

Round One

Date21 August 1920
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #121 AugXavier EluèreFRADecisionMariano BarbaresiITA
Match #221 AugSigurd HoelNOR
Match #321 AugRon RawsonGBR
Match #421 AugSamuel StewartUSA
Match #521 AugWilliam SpenglerUSA
Match #621 AugJean CreusenBEL
Match #721 AugSøren PetersenDEN
Match #821 AugFrank DoveGBR

Quarter-Finals

Date23 August 1920
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #123 AugXavier EluèreFRADecisionSigurd HoelNOR
Match #223 AugRon RawsonGBRReferee stops contestSamuel StewartUSA
Match #323 AugWilliam SpenglerUSAKnock-outJean CreusenBEL
Match #423 AugSøren PetersenDENReferee stops contestFrank DoveGBR

Semi-Finals

Date23 August 1920
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #123 AugRon RawsonGBRReferee stops contestXavier EluèreFRA
Match #223 AugSøren PetersenDENWalkoverWilliam SpenglerUSA

Final Round

Date24 August 1920
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/224 AugRon RawsonGBRKnock-outSøren PetersenDEN
Match 3/424 AugXavier EluèreFRAWalkoverWilliam SpenglerUSA