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Charles with his wife.



With trainer Jimmie Brown: 17 December 1954



Charles and Marciano. Look at Charles' eyes.



After first Marciano fight. That was when men were men.



With Pat Valentino

Wish I could get the first photo at more normal size, but nothing I tried worked.

It can be seen at a better size here:

http://cyberboxingzone.com/images/EzzardCharles-77.jpg

Great photos, Gran.

I have to say that the boxrec database has really helped a new generation appreciate Ezzard Charles.

Many of the boxing books that people read as an intro to the sport talk about his HW reign and the fact that he was a LHW who moved up. He was, quite wrongly, for many years thought of as the guy in Louis’s shadow and then the guy who fought valiantly but in vain against Marciano. With his entire record posted on boxrec we can see just how much he achieved even though most is not on film.

Preface to Charles' record in the 1958 RING Record Book

1937

Won the Diamond Belt Welterweight Championship
Won the State AAU Welterweight Championship

1938

Won the Diamond Belt Welterweight Championship
Won the Golden Gloves Welterweight Championship
Won the State AAU Welterweight Championship

1939

Won the Diamond Belt Middleweight Championship
Won the Golden Gloves Middleweight Championship
Won the State AAU Middleweight Championship
Won Two National Amateur Middleweight Titles

Won every amateur tournament he ever entered.

It's good to "get the big picture" once in a while. Nice post.

BoxBuzz wrote:It's good to "get the big picture" once in a while. Nice post.

Go consult with your boy collins on how to trash this thread.

I always thought Shane Mosley looked a lot like him.

GI
I thought the same thing when Mosely was on top of his game
around 97-02 I was a big SMM fan. And I always thought they
looked alike.

I have always been a fan of Charles. When I was 12 I dug up
an old beta tape my grand father had of Charles-Marciano 1, Charles-Louis
and Charles-Walcott HL ( I forget which bout). Charles, Hearns,
Holmes and Tyson were the guys I first remember about boxing
as a kid thanks to my grandfathers old tapes.

I liked to watch Charles, even though the quality of film was poor.
I remember thinking as a kid, that he had a really cool name
as well.

Thanks for these pics Gran. I do appreciate them

I would love to see Charles vs Basora fight. I always thought that he did not have the body frame to be a heavyweight. Great fighter with solid wins on his resume. Too many loses at the end of his career, some fighters simply don’t know when to quit.

My #2 all time fighter.

Thanks for the pics, nice stuff

granberry wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:It's good to "get the big picture" once in a while. Nice post.

Go consult with your boy collins on how to trash this thread.

Why are you disrespecting buzz in that manner?

Buzz has proven himself to be a gentleman and a courteous poster.

granberry wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:It's good to "get the big picture" once in a while. Nice post.

Go consult with your boy collins on how to trash this thread.

granberry continues to trash his own threads by not being able to keep his ignorance in check.