Editing Marcel Cerdan (section)

{{short description|French boxer}}
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{{Infobox boxer
| name        = Marcel Cerdan
| image       = Marcel Cerdan.jpg
| caption     = Cerdan in 1948
| nickname    = ''Le bombardier marocain'' (The Moroccan Bomber)<br />Casablanca Clouter
| realname    = Marcellin Cerdan
| weight      = [[Welterweight]]<br/>[[Middleweight]]
| height      = 5 ft 6+1/2 in
| reach       = 69 in
| nationality = French
| birth_date  = 22 July 1916
| birth_place = [[Sidi Bel Abbès]], French Algeria
| death_date  = {{death date and age|1949|10|28|1916|7|22|df=y}} 
| death_place = [[São Miguel Island]], Azores, Portugal
| style       = Orthodox
| total       = 114
| wins        = 110
| KO          = 65
| losses      = 4
| draws       = 
| no contests = 
}}
'''Marcellin''' "'''Marcel'''" '''Cerdan''' ({{IPA|fr|maʁsɛl sɛʁdɑ̃}}; 22 July 1916 – 28 October 1949)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Birth and death certificate|url=http://www.marcelcerdan.com/ImagesFamille%5CFamille323.jpg|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015214301/http://www.marcelcerdan.com/ImagesFamille/Famille323.jpg|archive-date=15 October 2007|access-date=15 December 2007}}</ref> was a French professional [[Boxing|boxer]] and world [[middleweight]] champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa. His life was marked by his sporting achievements, social lifestyle and, ultimately, tragedy, being killed in [[Air France Flight 009|an airplane crash]].