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Marcellin " Marcel " Cerdan ( French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl sɛʁdɑ̃]; 22 July 1916 – 28 October 1949) [1] 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 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.
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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.
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.
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Results from Chicago Daily Tribune: "Raadik was credited with only one round, the 10th, in which he pushed the weary Frenchman to the canvas for a three count, then dropped him for two counts of four with right hand punches before the final bell rang." 1947-10-07. Billy Walker.
