Marcel Cerdan was a French professional boxer who won the world middleweight championship in 1948 and held it until 1949. Raised in Africa and nicknamed the Moroccan Bomber and the Casablanca Clouter, he moved to France in 1938, became French champion three times and European welterweight champion in 1939. Many regard him as the greatest boxer France has produced. His career and his celebrated social life ended in tragedy when he was killed in an airplane crash in October 1949 while travelling to the United States.
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