Marcel Cerdan
(the "Casablanca Clouter")
BORN July 22, 1916, Sidi Bel-Abbes, Algeria DIED Azores, October 27, 1949 (Plane Crash) HEIGHT 5-8 WEIGHT 143-163 lbs MANAGERS Lucien Roupp, Jo Longman, Lew Burston RECORD 106-4-0 (61 KO) Cerdan was a scrappy, hard-hitting fighter who held the Middleweight Championships of the World, Europe and France during his career; He also won the Welterweight Championships of Europe and France
Herb Goldman ranked Cerdan as the #5 All-Time Middleweight; Cerdan was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1962 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991
Cerdan-Charron 1946 Fight Video Clip Cerdan-Krawsyck 1948 Fight Video Clip Cerdan-Zale Signing 1948 Fight Video Clip Cerdan-Zale 1948 Fight Video Clip Cerdan-LaMotta 1949 Fight Video Clip (Press thebutton at the top of the screen to return)
1934 Nov 4 Marcel Bucchianeri Meknes, Morocco W 6 Nov 12 Benazra Meknes, Morocco KO 5 1935 Feb 16 Perez Tercero Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Apr 13 Max Privat Casablanca, Morocco KO 5 Apr 13 Benazra Casablanca, Morocco W 10 -The previous 2 bouts were held the same date Jul 5 Mac Perez Casablanca, Morocco KO 2 Jul 19 Joseph Sarfati Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Aug 8 Mestre Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Nov 23 Mac Perez Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Dec 14 Mac Perez Casablanca, Morocco W 10 1936 Mar 4 Antoine Abad Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Apr 7 M. Hergane Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Apr 11 Joseph Martinez Taza, Morocco KO 9 May 23 M. Ricardo Casablanca, Morocco KO 5 May 27 Kid Abadie Casablanca, Morocco KO 3 Jun 6 M. Castillanos Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Jul 19 Joseph Sarfati Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Aug 2 Al Francis Oran, Algeria KO 6 Oct 17 Primo Rubio Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Nov 2 Aisa Attaf Casablanca, Morocco KO 1 Nov 21 Jean Debeaumont Casablanca, Morocco W 10 1937 Jan 16 Aisa Attaf Algiers, Algeria KO 8 Jan 30 Maurice Naudin Algiers, Algeria KO 3 Mar 2 Omar Kouidri Rabat, Morocco W 10 Apr 3 Omar Kouidri Algiers, Algeria W 10 Jul 3 Ali Omar Algiers, Algeria KO 5 Aug 2 Kid Marcel Oran, Algeria W 10 Sep 13 Eddy Rabak Casablanca, Morocco KO 6 Oct 7 Louis Jampton Paris, France W 10 Oct 21 Jean Morin Paris, France W 10 Dec 18 Ifergane Rabat, Morocco W 10 1938 Jan 6 Charles Feodorowich Paris, France KO 2 Jan 13 Eddie Ran Paris, France KO 2 Jan 20 Jean Zides Paris, France KO 9 Feb 21 Omar Kouidri Casablanca, Morocco W 12 -Welterweight Championship of France Mar 12 Charles Pernot Algiers, Algeria W 10 Mar 25 Lucien Krawsyck Paris, France W 10 Apr 13 Eddy Rabak Paris, France W 10 May 5 Anacleto Locatelli Paris, France W 12 May 20 Gustave Humery Paris, France KO 6 Jun 4 Jean Morin Algiers, Algeria W 10 -Welterweight Championship of France Jul 3 Victor Deckmyn Oran, Algeria W 10 Sep 15 Al Baker Paris, France W 10 Oct 27 Amadeo Deyana Paris, France W 10 Nov 10 Alfredo Katter Paris, France KO 4 Nov 24 Omar Kouidri Paris, France W 12 -Welterweight Championship of France 1939 Jan 9 Harry Craster London, Eng LF 5 Jan 21 Ercole Buratti Algiers, Algeria W 10 Feb 4 Al Baker Brussels, Belgium KO 7 Feb 20 Saverio Turiello Paris, France W 12 Mar 22 Felix Wouters Brussels, Belgium W 12 May 21 Roger Cadot Marseille, France KO 6 Jun 3 Saverio Turiello Milan, Italy W 15 -Welterweight Championship of Europe Jun 18 Anacleto Locatelli Marseille, France W 10 1941 Jan 19 Young Raymond Algiers, Algeria KO 1 Jan 26 Young Raymond Casablanca, Morocco KO 6 Feb 2 Victor Fortes Casablanca, Morocco KO 7 Mar 9 Victor Janas Casablanca, Morocco W 10 Apr 13 Victor Fortes Oran, Algeria KO 2 May 4 Omar Kouidri Oran, Algeraia KO 6 -Welterweight Championship of Europe Jun 22 Francois Blanchard Marseille, France KO 6 Jul 20 Joe Brun Oran, Algeria KO 2 Sep 13 Roland Coureau Algiers, Algeria KO 9 Dec 31 Robert Seidel Vichy, France KO 3 1942 Feb 21 Fred Flury Nice, France KO 7 Apr 26 Gustave Humery Paris, France KO 1 May 17 Fernand Viez Paris, France W 10 Jun 28 Gaspard de Ridder Paris, France KO 1 Jul 25 Victor Janas Algiers, Algeria KO 2 Aug 2 Ben Frely Marseille, France KO 3 Aug 15 Victor Buttin Algiers, Algeria LF 8 Sep 30 Jose Ferrer Paris, France KO 1 -Welterweight Championship of Europe 1943 Aug 8 John McCoy Oran, Algeria KO 2 Sep 12 Omar Kouidri Algiers, Algeria W 10 Oct 13 Larry Cisneros Oran, Algeria KO 6 Oct 31 Bulldog Milano Casablanca, Morocco KO 2 Dec 26 James Toney Oran, Algeria KO 2 Dec 29 Larry Cisneros Algiers, Algeria KO 2 1944 Jan 30 Willie Sampson Casablanca, Morocco KO 2 Feb 15 Eugene Drouhin Algiers, Algeria KO 1 Feb 17 Sammy Adragna Algiers, Algeria W 3 Feb 20 Joe DiMartino Algiers, Algeria KO 2 -The previous 3 bouts were part of an Inter-Allied Welterweight Tournament; Cerdan won Oct 21 Bouaya Casablanca, Morocco KO 1 Dec 12 Clinton Perry Rome, Italy KO 1 Dec 14 Floyd Gibson Rome, Italy KO 1 Dec 16 Fred Burney Rome, Italy KO 2 -The previous 3 bouts were part of an Inter-Allied Welterweight Tournament; Cerdan won 1945 Mar 9 Joe Brun Paris, France KO 7 May 13 Jean Despeaux Paris, France KO 5 Jun 3 Oscar Menozzi Marseille, France KO 3 Jun 24 Edouard Tenet Croix de Berny, France W 10 Oct 19 Tommy Davies Paris, France KO 1 Nov 30 Assane Diouf Paris, France KO 3 -Middleweight Championship of France Dec 8 Victor Buttin St. Etienne, France KO 3 1946 Jan 13 Agustin Guedes Lisbon, Spain KO 1 Jan 18 Edouard Tenet Paris, France W 12 -Middleweight Championship of France Feb 24 Jose Ferrer Barcelona, Spain KO 4 Apr 14 Joe Brun Nice, France KO 2 May 25 Robert Charron Paris, France W 12 -Middleweight Championship of France Jul 7 Holman Williams Paris, France W 10 Oct 20 Jean Pankowiak Paris, France KO 5 Dec 6 Georgie Abrams New York, NY W 10 1947 Feb 2 Leon Foquet Paris, France KO 1 -Middleweight Championship of Europe Feb 11 Bert Gilroy London, Eng KO 4 Mar 25 Harold Green New York, NY KO 2 Oct 7 Billy Walker Montreal, Que, Canada KO 1 Oct 31 Anton Raadik Chicago, Il W 10 1948 Jan 26 Giovanni Manca Paris, France KO 2 -Middleweight Championship of Europe Feb 9 Jean Walzack Paris, France KO 4 -Middleweight Championship of Europe Mar 12 Lavern Roach New York, NY KO 8 Mar 25 Lucien Krawsyck Paris, France W 10 May 23 Cyrille Delannoit Brussels, Belgium L 15 -Middleweight Championship of Europe Jul 20 Cyrille Delannoit Brussels, Belgium W 15 -Middleweight Championship of Europe Sep 21 Tony Zale Jersey City, NJ KO 12 -Middleweight Championship of the World Dec Dave Andrews Lewiston, Me EX 4 Dec Cosby Linson New Orleans, La EX 4 1949 Mar 29 Dick Turpin London, Eng KO 7 Apr 8 Lucien Krawsyck Casablanca, Morocco KO 4 Jun 16 Jake LaMotta Detroit, Mi LK 10 -Middleweight Championship of the World
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis and Matt Tegen, Historians,
International Boxing Research Organization
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