Charles Mayer (7 January 1882 – 5 May 1972) was an American
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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and
heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
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who competed in the early twentieth century.
He won two medals in
boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics, one of only five boxers in Olympic history to ever do so. In the
middleweight
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Boxing Professional
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Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
category he defeated fellow American
Benjamin Spradley in the final to win a
gold medal
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but took
silver in the heavier
heavyweight
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Boxing Professional
Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...
category. Mayer only had to compete in two fights to capture his two medals, in the middleweight class only two boxers participated. In the heavyweight class there were three boxers with Mayer earning the bye in the first round.
Mayer was the
National Amateur Middleweight Champion in 1905.
1904 Olympic results
Middleweight
*Final: Defeated
Benjamin Spradley (United States) TKO 3
Heavyweight
*Semifinal: bye
*Final: Lost to
Sam Berger on points
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1882 births
1972 deaths
Middleweight boxers
Heavyweight boxers
Olympic boxers for the United States
Boxers at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in boxing
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in boxing
Place of birth missing
American male boxers
Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
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