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Thomas Pardoe (boxer)
Thomas Leonard Pardoe (13 January 1912 – 7 December 1992) was an English boxer who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics and fought as Tommy Pardoe. Boxing career Amateur record As an amateur Pardoe a five times champion of Britain winning the Amateur Boxing Association British flyweight title, when boxing out of the Metropolitan ABC during the years 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932 and 1933. At the 1930 British Empire Games he won the silver medal in the flyweight class after losing the final to Jacob Smith. Two years later in 1932 he finished fourth at the 1932 Olympic Games in the flyweight class after losing the bronze-medal bout by walkover to Louis Salica of the United States. 1932 Olympic record * Round of 16: bye * Quarterfinal: defeated Kiyonobu Murakami (Japan) on points * Semifinal: lost to Francisco Cabañas (Mexico) on points * Bronze Medal Bout: lost to Louis Salica Louis ("Lou") Salica (November 16, 1912 – January 30, 2002) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring. Although the term "boxing" is commonly attributed to "western boxing", in which only the fists are involved, boxing has developed in various ways in different geographical areas and cultures. In global terms, boxing is a set of combat sports focused on striking, in which two opponents face each other in a fight using at least their fists, and possibly involving other actions such as kicks, elbow strikes, Knee (strike), knee strikes, and headbutts, depending on the rules. Some of the forms of the modern sport are western boxing, Bare-knuckle boxing, bare knuckle boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, muay-thai, lethwei, savate, and Sanda (sport), sanda. Boxing techniques have been incorporated into many martial ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
