Ronald Rawson
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born(1892-06-17)17 June 1892[1]
Kensington, London, England
Died30 March 1952(1952-03-30) (aged 59)
Kensington, London, England
Sport
Sportboxing
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's Boxing
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerp Heavyweight

Ronald Rawson Rawson 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.[2][3]

Amateur boxing career

He was the ABA Heavyweight Champion of Great Britain in 1920 and 1921.[4] 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.[5]

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.[4]

Olympic results

References

  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Ronald Rawson". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Full birth name Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine: PDF database at the BlackSheepIndex website.
  4. 1 2 Post-war ABA winner: Cambridge University Amateur Boxing Club website.
  5. ↑ Rawson defeated Petersen, boxing heavyweight final, 1920 Olympics: GBRAthletics.com statistical website.


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