Word: cerdan
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Dates: during 1944-1944
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...middleweight final, between French Sailor Marcel Cerdan and Technical Sergeant Ralph Burnley of Philadelphia, a Negro, stole last week's" show. Both were pros before they went into the service. The Negro, who is crew chief of a P-51 fighter group, ploughed into the Frenchman with abandon, took Round One. Cerdan's right scored three skull-jarring hits in Round Two, floored the Philadelphian three times for a count of nine. Cerdan took the title on a technical K.O. at the bell...
There were 16 knockouts in the weeklong finals, the most professional job by French Seaman Marcel Cerdan. The wel terweight champion of prewar Europe twice floored U.S. Private Joe DiMartino of Bridgeport, Conn, before the damage was halted. Cerdan is already under post war contract with the Hollywood Stadium...