Marcel Cerdan (Le bombardier marocain) was a French professional boxer. He was a middleweight world champion. In a career spanning 14 years, 7 months, and 6 days, Cerdan amassed a record of 110-4, which includes 65 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1991.
Marcel Cerdan was born in France on July 22, 1916. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on November 10, 1934 against Marcel Bucchianeri. Cerdan defeated Bucchianeri via 6 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Cerdan became a world champion at the age of 32 after 110 professional fights. He challenged Tony Zale for the The Ring middleweight title and stopped the champion in the 11th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.
Cerdan's last fight was a 9th-round RTD loss to Jake LaMotta at age 32, on June 16, 1949, in which he lost his The Ring middleweight title.
Some of Marcel Cerdan's best fights were against Tony Zale (HOFer). For a complete list of Cerdan's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Marcel Cerdan".
Cerdan has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Marcel Cerdan Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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114 | Jun 16, 1949 | 32 | Jake LaMotta 26 72-13-3 | loss | RTD 9 |
113 | May 08, 1949 | 32 | Lucien Krawczyk | win | KO 4 |
112 | Mar 29, 1949 | 32 | Dick Turpin | win | KO 7 |
111 | Sep 21, 1948 | 32 | Tony Zale 35 67-17-2 | win | RTD 11 |
110 | Jul 10, 1948 | 31 | Cyrille Delannoit | win | PTS 15 |
109 | May 23, 1948 | 31 | Cyrille Delannoit | loss | PTS 15 |
108 | Mar 25, 1948 | 31 | Lucien Krawczyk | win | PTS 10 |
107 | Mar 12, 1948 | 31 | Lavern Roach | win | TKO 8 |
106 | Feb 09, 1948 | 31 | Jean Walzack | win | KO 4 |
105 | Jan 26, 1948 | 31 | Giovanni Manca | win | KO 2 |
104 | Oct 31, 1947 | 31 | Anton Raadik | win | UD 10 |
103 | Oct 07, 1947 | 31 | Billy Walker | win | TKO 1 |
102 | Mar 28, 1947 | 30 | Harold Green | win | TKO 2 |
101 | Feb 11, 1947 | 30 | Bert Gilroy | win | KO 4 |
100 | Feb 02, 1947 | 30 | Leon Fouquet | win | KO 1 |
99 | Dec 06, 1946 | 30 | Georgie Abrams | win | UD 10 |
98 | Oct 20, 1946 | 30 | Jean Pankowiak | win | KO 5 |
97 | Jul 07, 1946 | 29 | Holman Williams | win | PTS 10 |
96 | May 25, 1946 | 29 | Robert Charron | win | PTS 12 |
95 | Apr 14, 1946 | 29 | Joe Brun | win | KO 2 |
94 | Feb 24, 1946 | 29 | Jose Ferrer | win | KO 4 |
93 | Jan 18, 1946 | 29 | Edouard Tenet | win | PTS 12 |
92 | Jan 12, 1946 | 29 | Agostinho Guedes | win | KO 1 |
91 | Dec 08, 1945 | 29 | Victor Buttin | win | KO 3 |
90 | Nov 30, 1945 | 29 | Assane Diouf | win | KO 3 |
89 | Oct 19, 1945 | 29 | Tommy Davies | win | KO 1 |
88 | Jun 23, 1945 | 28 | Edouard Tenet | win | PTS 10 |
87 | Jun 03, 1945 | 28 | Oscar Menozzi | win | KO 3 |
86 | May 13, 1945 | 28 | Jean Despeaux | win | KO 5 |
85 | Mar 09, 1945 | 28 | Joe Brun | win | TKO 7 |
84 | Dec 16, 1944 | 28 | Ralph Burnley | win | TKO 2 |
83 | Dec 14, 1944 | 28 | Floyd Gibson | win | PTS 3 |
82 | Dec 12, 1944 | 28 | Clint Perry | win | KO 1 |
81 | Oct 21, 1944 | 28 | Bouaya | win | KO 1 |
80 | Feb 19, 1944 | 27 | Joe DiMartino | win | TKO 1 |
79 | Feb 17, 1944 | 27 | Sammy Adragna | win | PTS 3 |
78 | Feb 15, 1944 | 27 | Harold Drouhin | win | KO 1 |
77 | Jan 30, 1944 | 27 | Willie Sampson | win | KO 2 |
76 | Dec 29, 1943 | 27 | Larry Cisneros | win | KO 2 |
75 | Dec 26, 1943 | 27 | James Toney | win | TKO 2 |
74 | Oct 30, 1943 | 27 | Bulldog Milano | win | KO 2 |
73 | Oct 10, 1943 | 27 | Larry Cisneros | win | KO 6 |
72 | Sep 12, 1943 | 27 | Omar Kouidri | win | PTS 10 |
71 | Aug 08, 1943 | 27 | John McCoy | win | KO 2 |
70 | Sep 30, 1942 | 26 | Jose Ferrer | win | TKO 1 |
69 | Aug 15, 1942 | 26 | Victor Buttin | loss | DQ 8 |
68 | Aug 02, 1942 | 26 | Fernand Frely | win | TKO 3 |
67 | Jul 25, 1942 | 26 | Victor Jana | win | TKO 2 |
66 | Jun 28, 1942 | 25 | Gaspard Deridder | win | KO 1 |
65 | May 17, 1942 | 25 | Fernand Viez | win | PTS 10 |
64 | Apr 26, 1942 | 25 | Gustave Humery | win | KO 1 |
63 | Feb 21, 1942 | 25 | Fred Flury | win | TKO 7 |
62 | Dec 31, 1941 | 25 | Roby Seidel | win | TKO 3 |
61 | Sep 13, 1941 | 25 | Roland Coureau | win | TKO 9 |
60 | Jul 20, 1941 | 24 | Joe Brun | win | TKO 2 |
59 | Jun 22, 1941 | 24 | Francois Blanchard | win | KO 6 |
58 | May 05, 1941 | 24 | Omar Kouidri | win | RTD 6 |
57 | Apr 13, 1941 | 24 | Victor Fortes | win | RTD 2 |
56 | Mar 09, 1941 | 24 | Victor Janas | win | PTS 10 |
55 | Feb 02, 1941 | 24 | Victor Fortes | win | RTD 7 |
54 | Jan 26, 1941 | 24 | Young Raymond | win | RTD 6 |
53 | Jan 19, 1941 | 24 | Young Raymond | win | KO 1 |
52 | Jun 16, 1939 | 22 | Cleto Locatelli | win | PTS 10 |
51 | Jun 03, 1939 | 22 | Saverio Turiello | win | PTS 15 |
50 | May 21, 1939 | 22 | Roger Cadot | win | TKO 6 |
49 | Mar 22, 1939 | 22 | Felix Wouters | win | PTS 12 |
48 | Feb 20, 1939 | 22 | Saverio Turiello | win | PTS 12 |
47 | Feb 04, 1939 | 22 | Al Baker | win | TKO 7 |
46 | Jan 21, 1939 | 22 | Ercole Buratti | win | PTS 10 |
45 | Jan 09, 1939 | 22 | Harry Craster | loss | DQ 5 |
44 | Nov 24, 1938 | 22 | Omar Kouidri | win | PTS 12 |
43 | Nov 10, 1938 | 22 | Alfred Katter | win | KO 5 |
42 | Oct 27, 1938 | 22 | Amedeo Deyana | win | PTS 10 |
41 | Sep 15, 1938 | 22 | Al Baker | win | PTS 10 |
40 | Jul 03, 1938 | 21 | Victor Deckmyn | win | PTS 10 |
39 | Jun 04, 1938 | 21 | Jean Morin | win | PTS 10 |
38 | May 20, 1938 | 21 | Gustave Humery | win | KO 6 |
37 | May 05, 1938 | 21 | Cleto Locatelli | win | PTS 12 |
36 | Aug 13, 1938 | 22 | Eduard Hrabak | win | PTS 10 |
35 | Mar 04, 1938 | 21 | Charles Pernot | win | PTS 10 |
34 | Feb 21, 1938 | 21 | Omar Kouidri | win | PTS 12 |
33 | Jan 20, 1938 | 21 | Jean Zides | win | TKO 9 |
32 | Jan 13, 1938 | 21 | Eddie Ran | win | KO 2 |
31 | Jan 06, 1938 | 21 | Charles Fedorowich | win | TKO 2 |
30 | Dec 18, 1937 | 21 | Max Ifergane | win | PTS 10 |
29 | Oct 21, 1937 | 21 | Jean Morin | win | PTS 10 |
28 | Oct 07, 1937 | 21 | Louis Jampton | win | PTS 10 |
27 | Sep 13, 1937 | 21 | Eduard Hrabak | win | KO 6 |
26 | Aug 22, 1937 | 21 | Kid Marcel | win | PTS 10 |
25 | Jul 03, 1937 | 20 | Ali Omar | win | TKO 5 |
24 | Apr 03, 1937 | 20 | Omar Kouidri | win | PTS 10 |
23 | Mar 02, 1937 | 20 | Omar Kouidri | win | PTS 10 |
22 | Jan 30, 1937 | 20 | Maurice Naudin | win | TKO 3 |
21 | Jan 16, 1937 | 20 | Aissa Attaff | win | RTD 8 |
20 | Nov 21, 1936 | 20 | Jean Debeaumont | win | PTS 10 |
19 | Nov 08, 1936 | 20 | Aissa Attaf | win | KO 1 |
18 | Oct 17, 1936 | 20 | Primo Rubio | win | PTS 10 |
17 | Aug 02, 1936 | 20 | Al Francis | win | KO 6 |
16 | Jun 06, 1936 | 19 | Mariano Castillanos | win | PTS 10 |
15 | May 27, 1936 | 19 | Kid Abadie | win | KO 3 |
14 | May 23, 1936 | 19 | M Ricardo | win | TKO 5 |
13 | Apr 11, 1936 | 19 | Joseph Martinez | win | TKO 9 |
12 | Apr 07, 1936 | 19 | Max Ifergane | win | PTS 10 |
11 | Mar 04, 1936 | 19 | Antoine Abad | win | PTS 10 |
10 | Dec 14, 1935 | 19 | Mak Perez | win | PTS 10 |
9 | Nov 23, 1935 | 19 | Mak Perez | win | PTS 10 |
8 | Aug 03, 1935 | 19 | Francisco Mestres | win | PTS 10 |
7 | Jul 19, 1935 | 18 | Joseph Sarfati | win | PTS 10 |
6 | Jul 05, 1935 | 18 | Mak Perez | win | RTD 2 |
5 | Apr 13, 1935 | 18 | Max Privat | win | RTD 5 |
4 | Apr 13, 1935 | 18 | Leon Benazra | win | PTS 10 |
3 | Feb 06, 1935 | 18 | Perez III | win | PTS 10 |
2 | Nov 12, 1934 | 18 | Leon Benazra | win | RTD 5 |
1 | Nov 10, 1934 | 18 | Marcel Bucchianeri | win | PTS 6 |