Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's middleweight

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Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics
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The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 160 pounds (72.6 kilograms). The competition was held from July 15, 1924 to July 20, 1924.

23 boxers from 15 nations competed.

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Harry Mallin Great Britain (GBR)	John Elliott Great Britain (GBR)	Joseph Beecken Belgium (BEL)

[edit] Results

This competition saw one of the most controversial bouts in Olympic history, when the local Frenchman Roger Brousse and the defending Olympic champion Harry Mallin from Great Britain faced each other in the quarterfinal. Right at the end of the fight Mallin tried to complain to the Belgian referee by showing clear bite marks, that he had been bitten in his chest and shoulder. But his protest was ignored by the judges and the bout was awarded to the French boxer on points (2:1). An appeal launched by the Swedish official and IOC member Oscar Söderlund brought forward medical evidence that Mallin had been bitten. Also it turned out, that Manuel Gallardo had also complained about being bitten by Brousse in their first fight of this tournament. Brousse was disqualified and Mallin became the winner, even though the jury declared that the foul had not been intentional. French fans had to be restrained by the police from charging the ring.^[1]

Two days later the French crowd were still incensed when Mallin had to fight in the final. At the beginning Roger Brousee came to the ring in his sports dress and his fans lifted him up to ring where he wanted to fight against John Elliott. Only with the massive intervention by the police, the two British opponents were able to contest in the final.

Round of 32 July 15

Round of 16 July 17

Quarterfinals July 18

Semifinals July 19

Final July 20

Roger Brousse (FRA)

-

Bye

-

Brousse (FRA)

PTS

Manuel Gallardo (ARG)

-

Gallardo (ARG)

L

Bye

-

Brousse (FRA)

DIS

Erich Siebert (SUI)

-

Mallin (GBR)

W

Bye

-

Siebert (SUI)

L

Harry Mallin (GBR)

PTS

Mallin (GBR)

RSC2

Trygve Stokstad (NOR)

L

Mallin (GBR)

PTS

Ben Funk (USA)

PTS

Beecken (BEL)

L

Raymond Jones (AUS)

L

Funk (USA)

L

Joseph Beecken (BEL)

-

Beecken (BEL)

PTS

Bye

-

Beecken (BEL)

PTS

Georges Van Haelen (BEL)

-

Daney (FRA)

L

Bye

-

Van Haelen (BEL)

L

Daniel Daney (FRA)

KO3

Daney (FRA)

PTS

Emilio Bonfiglio (ITA)

L

Mallin (GBR)

PTS

Leslie Black (CAN)

PTS

Elliott (GBR)

L

Pierre Feidt (LUX)

L

Black (CAN)

KO2

Adolph Lefkowitz (USA)

-

Lefkowitz (USA)

L

Bye

-

Black (CAN)

PTS

William Murphy (IRL)

-

Murphy (IRL)

L

Bye

-

Murphy (IRL)

KO1

Eugeniusz Nowak (POL)

-

Nowak (POL)

L

Bye

-

Black (CAN)

L

John Elliott (GBR)

-

Elliott (GBR)

PTS

Bye

-

Elliott (GBR)

KO1

Georges Givel (SUI)

PTS

Givel (SUI)

L

Bronze medal bout

Jules Steichen (LUX)

L

Elliott (GBR)

PTS

Harry Henning (CAN)

PTS

Henning (CAN)

L

Beecken (BEL)

W

Orlando Leopardi (ITA)

L

Henning (CAN)

RSC2

Black (CAN)

w/o

Øivind Jensen (NOR)

PTS

Jensen (NOR)

L

Louis Meeuwessen (NED)

L

[edit] References

• official report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich. Retrieved on 10 March 2008. (Polish)