Word: cerdan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...stop the fight I will kill myself," breathed hairy-chested Marcel Cerdan to his manager. Then the middle-aged (32) middleweight champion slumped back on his squat stool in Detroit's Briggs Stadium, close to exhaustion. "My title . . . my title," he mumbled in French...
Boxing Doubleheader (Tues. 9:30 p.m., Mutual). Tony Zale v. Marcel Cerdan and Gus Lesnevich v. Jersey Joe Walcott...
...Marcel Cerdan v. Lavern Roach (Fri. 10 p.m., NBC Television...
...sacrificial lamb chosen to bolster Cerdan's U.S. reputation last week was Harold Green of Brooklyn, a better-than-average middleweight who had twice beaten Rocky Graziano. (Rocky knocked him out in their third fight.) In round two, the Frenchman shot three rapid rights to the head that buckled Green's knees; a left hook to the body dumped him at Cerdan's feet.* At the count of ten Green was wavering to his feet, but the referee decided he was through. It was victory No. 98 in Cerdan's 100 fights...
...Cerdan is now a likely opponent for Tony Zale, who must defend his title by summer. It is up to Zale (and his manager Sam Pian) to decide which would be more profitable: a match outside New York with Graziano (who is banned in New York for failing to report a bribe offer), or one with Cerdan in Manhattan...