Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Featherweight

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The featherweight was one of five boxing weight classes contested on the Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Like all other boxing events, it was open only to men. The boxing competitions were held on 27 October. The featherweight was the second lightest class, allowing boxers of up to 126 pounds (57.2 kg).

1 Standings
2 Bracket
3 Competition
4 Sources

[edit] Standings

Place	Name	Nation
1	Richard Gunn	Great Britain
2	Charles Morris	Great Britain
3	Hugh Roddin	Great Britain
4	Thomas Ringer	Great Britain
5	Edward Adams	Great Britain
	Louis Constant	France
	John Lloyd	Great Britain
	Etienne Poillot	France

[edit] Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
27 October		27 October		27 October

Ringer	2

Constant	0
		Ringer	0

		Gunn	2
Gunn	KO

Poillot	2nd
				Gunn	2

				Morris	0
Roddin	2

Lloyd	0
		Roddin	0

		Morris	2
Morris	2

Adams	0

[edit] Competition

[edit] Quarterfinals

Poillot gave Gunn strong competition in the first round, but Gunn knocked the Frenchman down shortly before the first bell. When Poillot went down again before the end of the second round, he did not get back up. Morris won relatively easily, hitting with both right and left. Constant, while never giving Ringer a serious chance of defeat, fought well throughout the bout. Roddin and Lloyd boxed a physical campaign, each taking a great deal of punishment before Roddin won by decision.

[edit] Semifinals

Gunn and Morris both won their bouts in the latter ends of the contests, with Roddin and Ringer giving stiff competition in the early rounds but not able to keep up with the winners the whole way through.

[edit] Final

Gunn fought Morris back and forth, with the 38-year-old veteran coming out on top following a strong final round.

[edit] 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 [1].