Ronald Rawson Rawson (17 June 1892 – 30 March 1952) was an

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, who won a

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for Great Britain.

Amateur boxing career

He was the ABA Heavyweight Champion of Great Britain in 1920 and 1921.Post-war ABA winner

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website. In 1920 he won the

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in the heavyweight division (from 1920 to 1936 this was 79.38 kg/175 lb+), defeating

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boxer

Søren Petersen Søren Peter Petersen (December 6, 1894 – 1945) was a Danish heavyweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Kolding and died in Belgium. Petersen won a silver medal in boxing at the 1920 Summer Oly ...

in the final.Rawson defeated Petersen
boxing heavyweight final, 1920 Olympics: ''GBRAthletics.com'' statistical website. Although he only boxed as an Amateur, he did meet the professional boxer

Jack Bloomfield Jack Bloomfield (20 November 1899 – 1961) was an English light heavyweight professional boxer, whose birth name was Sol Blumenfeld, and who was also known as "Basking" Jack Bloomfield during his career. He took part in the first ever boxing ...

in a "supposed 'exhibition' bout at a

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show at the

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", where he suffered a knockout defeat in round three.

Olympic results

*1st round bye *Defeated Samuel Stewart (United States) *Defeated Xavier Eluère (France) *Defeated

(Denmark)

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