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Ezzard Charles
Ezzard Charles 2.jpg
Statistics
Real name Ezzard Mack Charles
Nickname(s) Cincinnati Cobra
Weight(s)
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Reach 73 in (185 cm)
Nationality American
Born
(1921-07-07)July 7, 1921
Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S.
Died May 28, 1975(1975-05-28) (aged 53)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 121
Wins 95
Wins by KO 52
Losses 15
Draws 1
No contests 0

Ezzard Mack Charles, known as the Cincinnati Cobra (July 7, 1921 – May 28, 1975) was an American professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion. Known for his slick defense and precision, he is considered one of the greatest fighters of all time by boxing critics[1]. Charles defeated numerous Hall of Fame fighters in three different weight classes. He retired with a record of 95 wins, 15 losses and 1 draw.




Contents






  • 1 Career


    • 1.1 Career beginnings and military service


    • 1.2 World heavyweight champion


    • 1.3 Charles vs. Marciano


    • 1.4 Later career




  • 2 Death


  • 3 Legacy


  • 4 Professional boxing record (Incomplete)


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 Further reading


  • 8 External links





Career


Charles was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, but is commonly thought of as a Cincinnatian.[2] Charles graduated from Woodward High School in Cincinnati, Ohio where he was already becoming a well-known fighter.[3] Known as "The Cincinnati Cobra", Charles fought many notable opponents in both the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, eventually winning the World Championship in the latter. Although he never won the Light Heavyweight title, The Ring has rated him as the greatest light heavyweight of all time.[4]



Career beginnings and military service


Charles started his career as a featherweight in the amateurs, where he had a record of 42–0. In 1938, he won the Diamond Belt Middleweight Championship. He followed this up in 1939 by winning the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament of champions. He won the national AAU Middleweight Championship in 1939. He turned pro in 1940, knocking out Melody Johnson in the fourth round. Charles won all of his first 15 fights before being defeated by veteran Ken Overlin. Victories over future Hall of Famers Teddy Yarosz and the much avoided Charley Burley had started to solidify Charles as a top contender in the middleweight division. However, he served in the U.S. military during World War II and was unable to fight professionally in 1945.



World heavyweight champion


He returned to boxing after the war as a light heavyweight, picking up many notable wins over leading light heavyweights, as well as heavyweight contenders Archie Moore, Jimmy Bivins, Lloyd Marshall and Elmer Ray. Shortly after his knock-out of Moore in their third and final meeting, tragedy struck. Charles fought a young contender named Sam Baroudi, knocking him out in Round 10. Baroudi died of the injuries he sustained in this bout. Charles was so devastated he almost gave up fighting. Charles was unable to secure a title shot at light heavyweight and moved up to heavyweight. After knocking out Joe Baksi and Johnny Haynes, Charles won the vacant National Boxing Association Heavyweight title when he outpointed Jersey Joe Walcott over 15 rounds on June 22, 1949. The following year, he outpointed his idol and former World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis to become the recognized Lineal Champion. Successful defenses against Walcott, Lee Oma and Joey Maxim followed.



Charles vs. Marciano


In 1951, Charles fought Walcott a third time and lost the title by knockout in the seventh round. Charles lost a controversial decision in their fourth and final bout. If Charles had won this fight, he would have become the first man in history to regain the heavyweight championship. Remaining a top contender with wins over Rex Layne, Tommy Harrison and Coley Wallace, Charles knocked out Bob Satterfield in an eliminator bout for the right to challenge Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano. His two stirring battles with Marciano are regarded as ring classics. In the first bout, held in June 1954, he valiantly took Marciano the distance, going down on points in a vintage heavyweight bout. Charles is the only man ever to last the full 15-round distance against Marciano. A number of fans and boxing writers felt that Charles deserved the decision.[5] In their September rematch, Charles landed a severe blow that actually split Marciano's nose in half. Marciano's cornermen were unable to stop the bleeding and the referee almost halted the contest until Marciano rallied with an eighth-round knockout.



Later career


Financial problems forced Charles to continue fighting, losing 13 of his final 23 fights (he held a record of 83 wins, 12 losses and 1 draw before financial problems became a factor in his career). He retired with a record of 93-25-1 (52 KOs). He avenged 7 losses in his career.


Charles was also a respected double bass player who played with some of the jazz greats in the 1940s and 1950s at such notable places as Birdland (jazz composer George Russell wrote the famous tune "Ezz-Thetic" in his honor). He was very close with Rocky Marciano and a neighbor and friend of Muhammad Ali when they both lived on 85th Street in Chicago.[6] Charles also starred in one motion picture: Mau Mau Drums, an independent (and unreleased) jungle-adventure film shot in and around Cincinnati in 1960 by filmmaker Earl Schwieterman.



Death


In 1968, Charles was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The disease affected Charles' legs and eventually left him completely disabled. A fund raiser was held to assist Charles and many of his former opponents spoke on his behalf. Rocky Marciano in particular called Charles the bravest man he ever fought. The former boxer spent his last days in a nursing home. A chilling 1973 commercial showed Charles in his wheelchair horribly disabled by ALS.[citation needed] Charles died on May 28, 1975, in Chicago.



Legacy




Commemorative stamp honoring Charles




A mural honoring Charles as the Cincinnati Cobra on Liberty Street in Cincinnati, Ohio


In 1976, Cincinnati honored Charles by changing the name of Lincoln Park Drive to Ezzard Charles Drive. This was the street of his residence during the height of his career.[7]


He was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.


In 2002, Charles was ranked #13 on The Ring magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years.


In 2006, Ezzard Charles was named the 11th greatest fighter of all time by the IBRO (International Boxing Research Organisation).[8]


The "Cincinnati Cobra" was a master boxer of extraordinary skill and ability. He had speed, agility, fast hands and excellent footwork. Charles possessed a masterful jab and was a superb combination puncher. He was at his peak as a light-heavyweight. His record is quite impressive. Against top rate opposition like Archie Moore, Charley Burley, Lloyd Marshall, Jimmy Bivins, and Joey Maxim he was an impressive 16-2 combined. Despite being a natural light-heavy he won the heavyweight title and made 9 successful title defenses. Nearly 25% of voters had Charles in the top 10. Half of the voters had him in the top 15. Two thirds of voters had him inside the top 20.


In 2007, ESPN online ranks Ezzard Charles as the 27th greatest boxer of all time, ahead of such notable fighters as Mike Tyson, Larry Holmes and Jake LaMotta.[9]


In 2009, Boxing magazine listed Ezzard Charles as the greatest Light Heavyweight fighter ever, ahead of the likes of Archie Moore, Bob Foster, Michael Spinks and Gene Tunney.[10]


Prominent boxing historian Bert Sugar listed Charles as the seventh greatest Heavyweight of all time.



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93 Wins (52 knockouts, 41 decisions), 15 Losses[11]

Res.

Record

Opponent

Type

Round

Date

Location

Notes
Win
93–16

United States Toxie Hall

UD
10
1955-12-06

United States Rochester, New York, United States

Loss
92–16

United States Toxie Hall

UD
10
1955-11-14

United States Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Loss
92–15

United States Tommy Hurricane Jackson

UD

10
1955-08-31

United States Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Loss
92–14

United States Tommy Hurricane Jackson

UD
10 (10)
1955-08-03

United States Syracuse, New York, United States

Win
92–13

United States Paul Andrews

UD
10 (12)
1955-07-13

United States Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win
91–13

United States Johnny Holman

UD
10 (10)
1955-06-08

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Loss
90–13

United States Johnny Holman

KO
9
1955-04-27

United States Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Win
90-12

Canada Vern Escoe

UD
10
1955-04-11

Canada Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Win
89–12

United States Charley Norkus

UD
10
1955-02-18

United States New York, New York, United States

Loss
88–12

United States Rocky Marciano

KO
8 (10)
1954-09-17

United States New York, New York, United States

For World Heavyweight title.
Loss
88–11

United States Rocky Marciano

UD

15
1954-06-17

United States New York, New York, United States

For World Heavyweight title.
Win
88–10

United States Bob Satterfield

KO
2 (10)
1954-01-13

United States Chicago, Illinois, United States

Win
87–10

United States Coley Wallace

KO
10
1953-12-16

United States San Francisco, California, United States

Loss
86–10

United States Harold Johnson

UD
10
1953-09-08

United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
86–9

Cuba Nino Valdez

UD
12
1953-08-11

United States Miami Beach, Florida, United States

Win
86–8

United States Larry Watson

KO
5 (12)
1953-05-26

United States Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Win
85–8

United States Billy Gilliam

UD
10 (12)
1953-05-12

United States Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win
84–8

United States Rex Layne

UD
10 (12)
1953-04-01

United States San Francisco, California, United States

Win
83–8

United States Tommy Harrison

SD
12
1953-02-04

United States MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Harrison suffers the first knockdown of his career in round 11.
Win
82–8

United States Wesbury Bascom

TKO
9 (12)
1953-01-14

United States St.Louis, Missouri, United States

Win
81–8

United States Frank Buford

TKO
7 (10)
1952-12-15

United States Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Win
80–8

United States Jimmy Bivins

UD
10
1952-11-26

United States Chicago, Illinois, United States

Win
79–8

United States Cesar Brion

UD
10
1952-10-24

United States New York, New York, United States

Win
78–8

United States Bernie Reynolds

KO
2 (10)
1952-10-08

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Loss
77–8

United States Rex Layne

UD
10
1952-08-08

United States Ogden, Utah, United States

Loss
77–7

United States Jersey Joe Walcott

UD
15
1952-06-05

United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

For World Heavyweight title.
Win
77–6

United States Joe Kahut

KO
8 (10)
1951-12-21

United States Portland, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
76–6

United States Joey Maxim

UD
15
1951-12-12

United States San Francisco, California, United States

Win
75–6

United States Rex Layne

TKO
11 (12)
1951-10-10

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Loss
74–6

United States Jersey Joe Walcott

KO
7 (12)
1951-07-18

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Lost World Heavyweight title. Ring Magazine Fight of the Year for 1951.
Win
74–5

United States Joey Maxim

UD
15
1951-05-30

United States Chicago, Illinois, United States

Retained World Heavyweight title.
Win
73–5

United States Jersey Joe Walcott

UD
15
1951-03-07

United States Detroit, Michigan, United States

Retained World Heavyweight title.
Win
72–5

United States Lee Oma

TKO
10 (15)
1951-01-12

United States New York, New York, United States

Retained World Heavyweight title.
Win
71–5

United States Nick Barone

KO
11
1950-12-05

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Retained World Heavyweight title.
Win
70–5

United States Joe Louis

UD
15 (10)
1950-09-27

United States New York, New York, United States

Retained NBA Heavyweight title. Declared sole Heavyweight champion following the fight.
Win
69–5

United States Freddie Beshore

TKO
14 (12)
1950-08-15

United States Buffalo, New York, United States

Retained NBA Heavyweight title.
Win
68–5

United States Pat Valentino

KO
8 (12)
1949-10-14

United States San Francisco, California, United States

Retained NBA Heavyweight title.
Win
67–5

United States Gus Lesnevich

TKO
7 (10)
1949-08-10

United States New York, New York, United States

Retained NBA Heavyweight title.
Win
66–5

United States Jersey Joe Walcott

UD
15 (10)
1949-06-22

United States Chicago, Illinois, United States

Won NBA Heavyweight title.
Win
65–5

United States Joey Maxim

UD
15 (15)
1949-02-28

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
64–5

United States Johnny Haynes

KO
8 (15)
1949-02-07

United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
63–5

United States Joe Baksi

KO
11 (15)
1948-12-10

United States New York, New York, United States

Win
62–5

United States Walter Hafer

KO
7 (15)
1948-11-14

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
61–5

United States Jimmy Bivins

UD
10
1948-10-13

United States Washington, D.C., United States

Win
60–5

United States Erv Sarvin

UD
10
1948-05-20

United States Buffalo, New York, United States

Win
59–5

United States Elmer Ray

KO
9 (10)
1948-05-07

United States Chicago, Illinois, United States

Win
58–5

United States Sam Baroudi

KO
10
1948-02-20

United States Chicago, Illinois, United States

Baroudi knocked out in the tenth round. Baroudi died from injuries sustained in the bout.
Win
57–5

United States Archie Moore

KO
8 (10)
1948-01-13

United States Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Win
56–5

United States Hilton "Fitzie" Fitzpatrick

KO
4 (10)
1947-12-02

United States Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Win
55-5

United States Teddy Randolph

UD
10 (?)
1947-11-03

United States Buffalo, New York, United States

Win
54–5

United States Clarence Jones

KO
1 (10)
1947-10-27

United States Huntington, West Virginia, United States

Win
53–5

United States Al Smith

KO
4 (10)
1947-10-16

United States Akron, Ohio, United States

Win
52–5

United States Lloyd Marshall

KO
2 (10)
1947-09-29

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
51–5

United States Joe Matisi

UD
10
1947-09-16

United States Buffalo, New York, United States

Loss
50–5

United States Elmer Ray

PTS
10
1947-07-25

United States New York, New York, United States

Win
50–4

United States Hilton "Fitzie" Fitzpatrick

KO
5 (10)
1947-07-14

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
49-4

United States Archie Moore

UD
10
1947-07-14

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
48–4

United States Erv Sarlin

UD
10
1947-05-05

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
47-4

United States Jimmy Bivins

KO
4 (10)
1947-03-10

United States Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Win
46–4

United States "Oakland" Billy Smith

KO
5 (10)
1947-02-17

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
45–4

United States Jimmy Bivins

UD
10
1946-11-12

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
44–4

United States "Oakland" Billy Smith

UD
10
1946-09-23

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
43–4

United States Lloyd Marshall

KO
6 (10)
1946-07-29

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
42–4

United States Shelton Bell

KO
5 (10)
1946-06-13

United States Youngstown, Ohio, United States

Win
41–4

United States Archie Moore

UD
10
1946-05-20

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
40–4

United States Tommy "Lee" Hubert

KO
4 (10)
1946-05-13

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
39–4

United States George Parks

KO
6 (10)
1946-04-15

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
38–4

United States Billy Duncan

KO
4 (10)
1946-04-01

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
37–4

United States Tommy "Lee" Hubert

UD
10
1946-03-25

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
36–4

United States Al Sheridan

KO
2 (10)
1946-02-18

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Loss
35–4

United States Lloyd Marshall

TKO
8 (10)
1943-03-31

United States Cleveland, Ohio, United States

loss
35–3

United States Jimmy Bivins

UD
10
1943-01-07

United States Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Win
35–2

United States Joey Maxim

UD
10
1942-12-01

United States Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Win
34–2

United States Joey Maxim

UD
10
1942-10-27

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
33–2

United States Mose Brown

KO
6 (10)
1942-09-15

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
32–2

United States Jose Basora

KO
5 (10)
1942-08-17

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
31–2

United States Booker Beckwith

KO
9 (10)
1942-06-27

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
30–2

United States Steve Mamakos

KO
1 (10)
1942-06-14

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
29–2

United States Charley Burley

UD
10
1942-06-29

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
28–2

United States Charley Burley

UD
10
1942-05-25

United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Loss
27–2

United States Evelio "Kid" Tunero

UD
10
1942-05-13

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
27–1

United States Billy Pryor

UD
10
1942-04-08

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
26–1

United States Ken Overlin

PTS
10 (?)
1942-03-02

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
25–1

Greece Anton Christoforidis

KO
3 (10)
1942-01-13

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
24–1

United States Teddy Yarosz

UD
10
1941-11-07

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
23–1

United States Pat Mangini

KO
1 (?)
1941-09-13

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
22–1

United States Al Gilbert

KO
6 (10)
1941-07-21

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Loss
21–1

United States Ken Overlin

UD
10
1941-06-09

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
21–0

United States Rudy Kozole

UD
10
1941-05-12

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
20–0

United States Joe Sutka

UD
10
1941-03-31

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
19–0

United States Floyd Howard

KO
7 (10)
1941-03-10

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
18–0

United States Slaka Cavrich

KO
2 (10)
1941-02-22

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
17–0

United States Billy Bengal

UD
10
1941-02-10

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
16–0

United States Charlie Jerome

KO
2 (10)
1940-12-02

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
15–0

United States Fidel Navarro

KO
1 (10)
1940-11-31

United States Columbus, Ohio, United States

Win
14–0

United States Bill Hood

KO
2 (?)
1940-10-03

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
13–0

United States Martin Simmons

UD
10
1940-09-23

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
12–0

United States Bradley Lewis

KO
3 (10)
1940-06-24

United States San Francisco, California, United States
Win
11–0

United States John Reeves

KO
4 (10)
1940-06-12

United States Columbus, Ohio, United States

Win
10–0

United States Frankie Williams

KO
7 (10)
1940-06-05

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
9–0

United States Pat Wright

KO
4 (?)
1940-05-17

United States Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
8–0

United States Eddie Fowler

KO
3 (10)
1940-05-10

United States Portsmouth, Ohio, United States

Win
7–0

United States Remo Fernandez

KO
6
1940-04-24

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
6–0

United States Charley Banks

KO
2
1940-04-16

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
5–0

United States Kid Ash

KO
3 (10)
1940-04-10

United States Portsmouth, Ohio, United States

Win
4–0

United States Charley Banks

UD
6
1940-04-02

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
3–0

United States John Reeves

UD
6
1940-03-27

United States Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Win
2–0

United States Jimmy Brown

PTS
2
1940-03-20

United States Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Win
1–0

United States Medley Johnson

KO
3 (6)
1940-03-15

United States Middletown, Pennsylvania, United States

Ezzard's Professional debut.


See also




  • List of lineal boxing world champions

  • List of heavyweight boxing champions



References





  1. ^ http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/on-this-day-ezzard-charles-one-of-the-greatest-fighters-of-all-time-was-born/


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  3. ^ Newsmakers Interview with Ezzard Charles Jr., WKRC Channel 12, Cincinnati, August 17, 2008


  4. ^ Detloff, William (September 2002). "The 20 Greatest Light Heavyweights of All-Time". The Ring. 81 (10): 50


  5. ^ Will Hammock. "The Champ: County to honor legendary boxer Charles today." Gwinnett Daily Post. June 5, 2010


  6. ^ Newsmakers interview with Ezzard Charles Jr., WKRC Channel 12 Cincinnati, August 17, 2008


  7. ^ Guide to 20th Century African American Resources, Cincinnati Historical Society


  8. ^ "IBRO'S 25 Greatest Fighters of All Time". Eastsideboxing.com. Retrieved 2014-05-08.


  9. ^ "Espn.Com: All-Time Greatest Boxers". Sports.espn.go.com. 1971-03-08. Retrieved 2014-05-08.


  10. ^ The Greatest Light Heavyweights of All Time Archived September 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine


  11. ^ boxrec




Further reading



  • Grace, Kevin & Grace, Joshua (2006). Cincinnati Boxing. Chicago: Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-4112-5.


External links




  • Professional boxing record for Ezzard Charles from BoxRec

  • Ezzard Charles - CBZ Profile












Achievements

Vacant
Title last held by

Joe Louis

NBA Heavyweight Champion
June 22, 1949 – July 18, 1951
Succeeded by
Jersey Joe Walcott

NYSAC Heavyweight Champion
September 27, 1950 – July 18, 1951

The Ring Heavyweight Champion
September 27, 1950 – July 18, 1951

World Heavyweight Champion
June 16, 1951 – July 18, 1951









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