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Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl sɛʁdɑ̃]; 22 July 1916 – 28 October 1949) was a French professional boxer and world middleweight champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa.
Marcel Cerdan est un boxeur français, né le 22 juillet 1916 à Sidi Bel Abbès en Algérie et mort le 28 octobre 1949 dans un accident aérien survenu dans l'archipel des Açores. Sous l'impulsion de son père, Marcel Cerdan commence la boxe anglaise sur un ring installé au milieu de la salle de bal du café familial à Casablanca au Maroc .
May 4, 2022 · Marcel Cerdan, known as the "Casablanca Clouter," turned professional at the age of 18 in 1934 and won his first 46 fights. His first defeat was a fifth-round disqualification loss against Englishman Harry Craster on January 9, 1939 in London.
Sep 26, 2017 · Marcel Cerdan was a French hero—the finest boxer France has ever produced—and a source of great national pride. He rose from nothing as a dirt-poor kid from Algeria who went on to win K.O.’s in over 60 fights before facing off with La Motta in the ring in Detroit.
Marcel Cerdan was a French-Algerian professional boxer and world middleweight champion. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Cerdan began his professional career in 1934, all of his early bouts being fought in North Africa. He made his European debut in 1937 and won the French.
MARCEL CERDAN lived a life that sounds like a movie: poor boy from a humble background who rose to become world champion, had an affair with famous singer and died tragically young in a plane...
Apr 13, 1970 · On May 11 in Madison Square Garden, Marcel Cerdan Jr. of France will fight Donato Paduano of Canada. Neither is among the elite of the welterweight division, but it is not an ordinary...
Cerdan, who had floored his opponent five times, was disqualified for hitting low.
Fallen in full glory at the age of 33 in a plane crash, Marcel Cerdan is not only the greatest French boxer of all time. He was first of all a legendary figu...
Marcel Cerdan. THE CAREER of one of Europe's great champions was interrupted by WWII and cut short when he was killed in a plane crash en route to America for a world title rematch.
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