Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight

Men's heavyweight boxing at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Date	October 27
Competitors	6 from 1 nation
Medalists
Albert Oldman  Great Britain Sydney Evans  Great Britain Frederick Parks  Great Britain

Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
		Bantamweight
		Featherweight
		Lightweight
		Middleweight
		Heavyweight

The heavyweight was one of five boxing weight classes contested on the boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other boxing events, it was open only to men. The boxing competitions were all held on October 27. The heavyweight was the middle class, allowing boxers of any weight.

Six boxers all from Great Britain competed.

Bracket

Quarterfinals October 27				Semifinals October 27				Final October 27
Sydney Evans (GBR)	KO1
Albert Ireton (GBR)	L			Sydney Evans (GBR)	2
Frederick Parks (GBR)	2			Frederick Parks (GBR)	1
Harold Brewer (GBR)	0							Sydney Evans (GBR)	L
Albert Oldman (GBR)	KO1							Albert Oldman (GBR)	KO1
Ian Myrams (GBR)	L			Albert Oldman (GBR)	-
None	-			Bye	-
None	-

Competition

Quarterfinals

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. Frederick Parks and Brewer went the full three, with Parks doing the lion's share of the hitting but Brewer taking it well.

Semifinals

Oldman received a bye for the round. Frederick Parks, who had given most of the punishment in the quarterfinals, found the situation reversed in the semifinals. Evans knocked him out of the ring once and to the mat twice. Parks fought hard, however, and not only made it through the three rounds but managed to land enough punches to deadlock the judges. Evans won by the referee's decision.

Final

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.

Standings

Place	Name	Nation
1	Albert Oldman	Great Britain
2	Sydney Evans	Great Britain
3	Frederick Parks	Great Britain
4	Harold Brewer	Great Britain
	Albert Ireton	Great Britain
	Ian Myrams	Great Britain

Sources

• Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Boxing 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].