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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fiasco in Detroit | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

...nine rounds last week, Marcel Cerdan of Casablanca, onetime marine in France's navy, had done the best he could, but he was fighting with one hand. In the opening round, the first time he threw a left hook, he had torn the elevator muscle in his left shoulder. From Challenger Jake La Motta's corner, he heard the entreaties of La Motta's handlers above the buzz of 22,183 spectators: " 'At's it, Jackson. 'Atta go, Jackson . . . put the bomb in." Jake (alias Jackson) never put the bomb in. Just before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fiasco in Detroit | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Boxing Doubleheader (Tues. 9:30 p.m., Mutual). Tony Zale v. Marcel Cerdan and Gus Lesnevich v. Jersey Joe Walcott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Sep. 20, 1948 | 9/20/1948 | See Source »

...Marcel Cerdan v. Lavern Roach (Fri. 10 p.m., NBC Television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Mar. 15, 1948 | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cerdan Victory | 4/7/1947 | See Source »

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