Jersey Joe Walcott vs. Ezzard Charles III

By Boxing News on January 26, 2012

Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles were great fighters in an era full of great fighters

“I started out in life as Arnold Cream. I guess with a name like that I had to learn to fight at any early age.”—Jersey Joe Walcott

Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles were great fighters in an era of great fighters. They ducked no one, evaded no challenge, and their individual talents were the stuff of legend. Walcott and Charles fought four times over a three-year period. They fought in June 1949, March 1951, July 1951, and June 1952. Their third fight on July 18, 1951, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh was for the heavyweight title Charles won by UD15 over Walcott four months earlier. Walcott was 69-5-1 going in. Charles was 69-5-1. If you like heavyweight fights that are action-packed grudge matches to their very core, Walcott-Charles III, The Ring magazine’s Fight of the Year for 1951, is the fight for you…

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Paul Gallegos 07:55am, 02/05/2012

The best left hook/uppercut knockout of all time. This one is better than the one that Frazier threw against Ali in Madison Square Garden.

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Fighter's Info

Jersey Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles

Real Name	Arnold Raymond Cream
Country	United States
Date of Birth(Age)	1914.01.31 (98)
Rated at	Heavyweight
W-L-D	W51+L18+D2=71
Height	6 feet
Reach
Trainer	Nick Florio

Last fights:

Date	Opponent	WLD	Result	Rnds.
1953.05.15	Rocky Marciano	43-0-0	L(KO)	1/15
1952.09.23	Rocky Marciano	42-0-0	L(KO)	13/15
1952.06.05	Ezzard Charles	72-6-1	W(UD)	15/15
1951.07.18	Ezzard Charles	69-5-1	W(KO)	7/15
1951.03.07	Ezzard Charles	67-5-1	L(UD)	15/15
1950.11.24	Rex Layne	25-1-2	L(UD)	10/10

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Real Name	Ezzard Mack Charles
Country	United States
Date of Birth(Age)	1921.07.07 (91)
Rated at	Heavyweight
W-L-D	W93+L25+D1=119
Height	6 feet
Reach
Trainer	Ray Arcel

Last fights:

Date	Opponent	WLD	Result	Rnds.
1959.09.01	Alvin Green	21-7-1	L(UD)	10/10
1959.07.30	George Logan	10-0-1	L(KO)	8/10
1959.07.03	Dave Ashley	2-9-0	W(TKO)	9/10
1958.10.27	Donnie Fleeman	24-2-0	L(KO)	6/10
1958.09.30	Alfredo Zuany	20-1-0	L(UD)	10/10
1958.08.28	Johnny Harper	8-9-0	W(UD)	10/10

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Fight results

Fighters	Result	Rounds	Record
Dzmitri Tarenka Andrei Abramenka	LTKO	4/10	(8-8-1) (16-1-2)
Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat Alex Buckie	WUD	12/12	(39-2-0) (12-25-6)
Richard Pumicpic Ratchasak Kokietgym	WKO	9/10	(9-5-1) (9-0-1)
Richard Garcia Petchbarngborn Kokietgym	LUD	12/12	(23-13-1) (14-5-1)
Renan Branzuela Adones Aguelo	LUD	10/10	(13-11-0) (15-7-1)
Yao Yi Ma Virgil Kalakoda	WTKO	8/12	(9-1-0) (25-7-3)
Sam Soliman Garth Wood	WUD	12/12	(40-11-0) (10-2-1)
Sanae Jah Elena Miftode	WKO	2/10x2	(4-0-0) (6-19-0)
Dai Iwai Dizon Cag-ong	WTKO	7/10	(8-2-0) (11-4-0)
Masae Akitaya Ayaka Miyao	LUD	8/8x2	(8-2-1) (11-5-1)

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