William Philo
Encyclopedia
William Philo was a British
Middleweight
professional
boxer
who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal
in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
losing against Reginald Baker
in the semi-finals. He served in the British Army
with the Royal Fusiliers and was killed during the Battle of the Somme in France on 7 July 1916 as a company serjant major. His remains were not recovered, and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial.
United Kingdom
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Middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
professional
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
in Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, five boxing events were contested. All of the boxing was conducted on October 27. The event was held in the Northampton Institute in Clerkenwell, East London....
losing against Reginald Baker
Reginald Baker
Reginald Leslie "Snowy" Baker was an Australian athlete, sports promoter and film actor, who was born in Surry Hills, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales...
in the semi-finals. He served in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
with the Royal Fusiliers and was killed during the Battle of the Somme in France on 7 July 1916 as a company serjant major. His remains were not recovered, and his name is recorded on the Thiepval Memorial.