Ronald Rawson

Ronald Rawson Rawson[1] MC & Two Bars (17 June 1892 – 30 March 1952) was an English heavyweight professional boxer, who won a gold medal in Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.

Olympic medal record
Men's Boxing
1920 Antwerp Heavyweight

Amateur Boxing Career

He was the ABA Heavyweight Champion of Great Britain in 1920 and 1921.[2] In 1920 he won the Olympic Gold Medal in Antwerp in the heavyweight division (from 1920 to 1936 this was 79.38 kg/175 lb+), defeating Danish boxer Søren Petersen in the final.[3]

Although he only boxed as an Amateur, he did meet the professional boxer Jack Bloomfield in a "supposed 'exhibition' bout at a charity show at the Brighton Pavilion", where he suffered a knockout defeat in round three.[2]

Olympic results

References
  1. Full birth name Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine: PDF database at the BlackSheepIndex website.
  2. Post-war ABA winner: Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club website.
  3. Rawson defeated Petersen, boxing heavyweight final, 1920 Olympics: GBRAthletics.com statistical website.



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