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  R1-title Quarterfinals
  R2-title Semifinals
  R3-title Final
  R1-date 27 October
  R2-date 27 October
  R3-date 27 October
  R1-name1 '''Evans'''
  R1-score1 KO
  R1-name2 Ireton
  R1-score2 1st
  R1-name3 '''Parks'''
  R1-score3 2
  R1-name4 Brewer
  R1-score4 0
  R1-name5 '''Oldman'''
  R1-score5 KO
  R1-name6 Myrams
  R1-score6 1st
  R1-name7 ''None''
  R1-score7 -
  R1-name8 ''None''
  R1-score8 -
  R2-name1 '''Evans'''
  R2-score1 2
  R2-name2 Parks
  R2-score2 1
  R2-name3 '''Oldman'''
  R2-score3 -
  R2-name4 ''None''
  R2-score4 -
  R3-name1 Evans
  R3-score1 1st
  R3-name2 '''Oldman'''
  R3-score2 KO



COMPETITION



Quarterfinals


Oldman and Evans both won in the first round, Oldman winning with a right to Myrams' chin and Evans winning with a left to the chest of Ireton. Parks and Brewer went the full three, with Parks doing the lion's share of the hitting but Brewer taking it well.


Semifinals


Oldman received a bye for the round. Parks, who had given most of the punishment in the quarterfinals, found the situation reversed in the semifinals. Evans knocked him out of the ring once and to the mat twice. Parks fought hard, however, and not only made it through the three rounds but managed to land enough punches to deadlock the judges. Evans won by the referee's decision.


Final


In a somewhat anticlimactic final, Oldman put Evans on the rope shortly into the first, landing blow after blow to Evans' face. Within two minutes, Evans had dropped.


SOURCES

  • Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).

  • De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "Boxing 1908". Accessed 8 April 2006 . Available electronically at .