Oliver Kirk (Ollie Kirk) boxer

Oliver Kirk boxer
bouts
11
won
3
lost
8
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
featherweight
Debut
1906-02-27
Height
-
Reach
-
Age
75
Born
1884-04-20
Death
1960-03-14
Nationality
USA

Oliver Leonard Kirk (April 20, 1884 – March 14, 1960) was an American bantamweight and featherweight professional boxer who won two gold medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Beatrice, Nebraska and died in St. Louis, Missouri.Kirk is the only boxer in Olympic history to ever win two gold medals in two separate weight divisions at the same Olympics. He won gold in the featherweight and lost almost 10 pounds in under two weeks and also won gold in the bantamweight category. Kirk only had to win two fights to capture his two gold medals, in the bantamweight class only two boxers competed. In the featherweight class there were three boxers with Kirk earning the bye in the first round.This article about a boxing Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1919-11-13 Sammy Sherman DWL 1st Regiment Armory, Saint Louis LOST
1915-12-03 Jack Allen W Gymnastic Club, Dayton LOST
Technical knockout
1915-04-08 Matty McCue LWLLWL Lakeside Auditorium, Racine LOST
Technical knockout
1914-05-29 Johnny Schultz LWDLDW Terminal Building, Toledo DRAW
1914-03-30 Joe Genail LWWD Coliseum, Saint Louis LOST
Points
1914-02-26 Jimmy Davidson debut Saint Louis WIN
Technical knockout
1913-10-22 Ernest Lucien LWWWLW Northend A.C., New Orleans LOST
Points
1913-09-01 Frankie Conley LDWDLW Fort Smith LOST
1913-07-04 Young Togo LDDDLL Fort Smith WIN
1913-05-29 Phil Bloom WLWWWL Irving A.C., Brooklyn LOST
1913-05-20 Louis De Ponthieu LLDWLW Nonpariel A.C., Binghamton LOST
1913-05-10 Eddie Moy DWWDWW Fairmont A.C., Bronx LOST
Technical knockout
1913-03-19 Abe Attell WWDLDL Forty-Fourth Street A.C., New York LOST
Technical knockout
1913-02-18 Joe Genail LWW St. Louis A.C., Saint Louis DRAW
1913-01-01 Johnny Kilbane WWWWWW Future City A.C., Saint Louis LOST
Technical knockout
1912-11-27 Abe Attell LWWDLD Saint Louis WIN
Technical knockout
1912-03-18 Willie Purcell debut Olympic Theater, Cincinnati DRAW
1912-03-04 Tommy Sullivan WWDWLD Saint Louis LOST
Points
1912-01-29 Tommy Dixon LDDLWD Saint Louis WIN
1906-02-27 Charles Bralang debut Cincinnati WIN
KO