Marcel Cerdan

By Timothy Seaver - boxing.com

In the corner of Cerdan there was celebration, as there was in the entire county of France.

Marcel Cerdan had traveled to America and avenged the loss of a national hero, and in so doing, became a hero himself…

The grotesque image of a soon-to-be former champion slumps forward and his once steadfast legs collapse when they no longer obey a head that had been slowly beaten unconscious. Tony Zale loses his senses against the onslaught of Marcel Cerdan’s continued barrage. To pinpoint a single punch that was responsible for the fight’s ending is pointless. Cerdan had sent salvo after salvo of crisp hooks and dynamic right hands all night long. Many of these landed flush on the reigning champion’s face. It was a continued beating that had sapped “The Man of Steel” of his strength, his senses, and his title.

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