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Also Known As the Casablanca Clouter
Born July 22, 1916 • Sidi Bel Abbès • Algeria
Died October 27, 1949 (aged 33) • São Miguel Island • Portugal

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Marcel Cerdan poses shirtless in boxing gloves and trunks, holding a fighting stance before his 1949 middleweight title bout.
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