The lightweight was the median
boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...
weight class held as part of the
Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Wednesday, September 21, 1904 and on Thursday, September 22, 1904. It was the first time the event, like all other boxing events, was held in Olympic competition. Lightweights had to be less than 61.2 kilograms. Eight boxers competed.
Results
1 A well-known local boxer, Carroll Burton, entered the tournament and originally won this bout against Sturholdt. However, officials later discovered that Burton was actually an impostor named James Bollinger; Bollinger was ejected from the competition and Sturholdt was advanced to the next round.
Egan won the bout on walkover as Lydon was injured.
3 Jack Egan originally won the silver medal in the lightweight competition and the bronze medal in the welterweight competition. Later it was discovered that his real name was Frank Joseph Floyd while the AAU rules made it illegal to fight under an assumed name
In November 1905 the AAU disqualified Eganfrom all AAU competitions and he had to return all his prizes and medals.
Russell van Horn got silver,
Peter Sturholdt got bronze in the lightweight competition and
Joseph Lydon keeps bronze in the welterweight competition.
References
Sources
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November 1905 AAU disqualification of EganIOC's medal database for event at 1904 Olympics
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Lightweight
Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing (sport), rowing.
Boxing Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...