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

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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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