How good was Marcel Cerdan?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Longhhorn71, Nov 9, 2010.


Page 4 of 4
  1. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

    10,744
    73
    Apr 4, 2010
    :good
     
    El Bujia, Apr 17, 2013
    El Bujia, Apr 17, 2013
    #46
  2. scribbs

    scribbs Member Full Member

    448
    198
    Jan 25, 2013
    Yeah a good read
     
    scribbs, Apr 17, 2013
    scribbs, Apr 17, 2013
    #47
  3. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

    10,744
    73
    Apr 4, 2010
    Too bad the footage doesn't.
     
    El Bujia, Apr 17, 2013
    El Bujia, Apr 17, 2013
    #48
  4. thistle1

    thistle1 Boxing Addict Full Member

    4,915
    149
    Jul 30, 2006
    ^^^ :yikes
     
    thistle1, Apr 17, 2013
    thistle1, Apr 17, 2013
    #49
  5. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

    18,285
    388
    Jan 22, 2010
    Some posters today underate Marcel Cerdan because of his last fight with Jake LaMotta in 1947...WRONG...Cerdan had a badly injured shoulder when LaMotta wrestled Cerdan to the canvas in the very first round... I think that if not for this injury Cerdan would have won that bout...He was a great MW
    no doubt...But I wonder how Cerdan and La Motta would have fared a decade earlier against such top MWs as Billy Conn, Freddie Steele, Fred Apostoli, Al Hostak, Solly Krieger, Ken Overlin, Marcel Thil, Teddy Yarosz, Billy Soose, Jock McAvoy, Len Harvey etc.? The 1930s was a great decade
    of middleweights for sure...
     
    burt bienstock, Apr 17, 2013
    burt bienstock, Apr 17, 2013
    #50
    richdanahuff likes this.
  6. Theron

    Theron Boxing Addict banned

    6,597
    34
    Sep 2, 2012
    Lamotta even said that Cerdan woulda beat him the second time.

    Wow woulda loved to see him vs Conn, Apostoli and Steele especially.
     
    Theron, Apr 18, 2013
    Theron, Apr 18, 2013
    #51
Page 4 of 4