Richard Gunn (boxer)
Gunn at 1908 Olympics in London | |||||||||||||||
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Born | (1871-02-16)16 February 1871 Charing Cross, London, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 23 June 1961(1961-06-23) (aged 90) Lambeth, London, England | ||||||||||||||
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Richard Kenneth Gunn (16 February 1871 – 23 June 1961) was a British boxer, and is the oldest man to win an Olympic boxing crown ever. He achieved this feat at the age of 37 years and 254 days.[1]
Biography
He was born in Charing Cross, London and died in Lambeth, London.
Gunn took up boxing at the Surrey Commercial Docks Boxing Club in 1893 after joining his father's East End tailoring business. He won the 1894, 1895 and 1896 Amateur Boxing Association British featherweight title, when boxing out of the various clubs.[2]
He was so much better than his rivals at the time that authorities asked him to retire after he won his third ABA title. Gunn did so, but in 1908, having served on the ABA council for more than ten years, he returned to win the Olympic title before hanging up his gloves for good. Gunn died in London aged 90, having only lost one fight in fifteen years.[3]
1908 Olympic results
Below is the record of Richard Gunn, a British featherweight boxer who competed at the 1908 London Olympics:
- Quarterfinal: defeated Etienne Poillot (France) by second-round knockout
- Semifinal: defeated Thomas Ringer (Great Britain) by decision, 2-0
- Final: defeated Charles Morris (Great Britain) by decision, 2-0 (won gold medal)
References
External links
- Richard Gunn at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Richard Gunn at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1904: Oliver Kirk (USA)
- 1908: Richard Gunn (GBR)
- 1912: not held
- 1920: Paul Fritsch (FRA)
- 1924: Jackie Fields (USA)
- 1928: Bep van Klaveren (NED)
- 1932: Carmelo Robledo (ARG)
- 1936: Oscar Casanovas (ARG)
- 1948: Ernesto Formenti (ITA)
- 1952: Ján Zachara (TCH)
- 1956: Vladimir Safronov (URS)
- 1960: Francesco Musso (ITA)
- 1964: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS)
- 1968: Antonio Roldán (MEX)
- 1972: Boris Kuznetsov (URS)
- 1976: Ángel Herrera (CUB)
- 1980: Rudi Fink (GDR)
- 1984: Meldrick Taylor (USA)
- 1988: Giovanni Parisi (ITA)
- 1992: Andreas Tews (GER)
- 1996: Somluck Kamsing (THA)
- 2000: Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ)
- 2004: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS)
- 2008: Vasiliy Lomachenko (UKR)
- 2012–2016: not held
- 2020: Albert Batyrgaziev (ROC)
- 2024: Abdumalik Khalokov (UZB)
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