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Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight

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There were three rounds in each bout, with the first two rounds being three minutes long and the last one going four minutes. Two judges scored the match, giving 5 points to the better boxer in each of the first two rounds and 7 to the better boxer in the third round. Marks were given to the other
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was the middle class, allowing boxers of any weight. Six boxers all from Great Britain competed. Each NOC could enter up to 12 boxers. France entered 1 boxer, who withdrew; Great Britain entered 7 boxers, 1 of whom withdrew, and the Netherlands entered 1 boxer, who withdrew.
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boxer in proportion to how well he did compared to the better. If the judges were not agreed on a winner at the end of the bout, the referee could either choose the winner or order a fourth round.
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In a somewhat anticlimactic final, Oldman put Evans on the rope shortly into the first, landing blow after blow to Evans' face. Within two minutes, Evans had dropped.
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Oldman and Evans both won in the first round, Oldman winning with a right to Myrams' chin and Evans winning with a left to the chest of Ireton.
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programme. Like all other boxing events, it was open only to men. The boxing competitions were all held on October 27. The
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and Brewer went the full three, with Parks doing the majority of the hitting but Brewer taking it well.
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Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
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Albert Oldman
Great Britain
Sydney Evans
Great Britain
Frederick Parks
Great Britain
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Sydney Evans
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Albert Ireton
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Sydney Evans
GBR
Frederick Parks
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