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Pretty decent run in that period, has to be one of the best streaks ever.

1950-12-05 185 Nick Barone 178½ 43-8-1

Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA W KO 11 15 heavyweight 3459 3459 736 736 Matt Tegen
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World Heavyweight Title
Barone was a 6-1 underdog but put up a great fight. He had never been off his feet until the knockout.



1950-09-27 184½ Joe Louis 218 58-1-0

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, USA W UD 15 15 heavyweight 3456 3459 874 869 Marco Zeininger
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referee: Mark Conn 10-5 | judge: Frank Forbes 13-2 | judge: Joe Agnello 12-3
World Heavyweight Title
~ After this fight, Charles became universally recognized as the World Heavyweight Champion. ~



1950-08-15 183¼ Freddie Beshore 184½ 28-8-1

Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, USA W TKO 14 15 heavyweight 3456 3456 606 606 Luckett Davis
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time: 2:53 | referee: Barney Felix 12-2 | judge: Anse Carroll 12-1 | judge: Leo Stachowiak 9-3
National Boxing Association World heavyweight title
The fight was stopped because Beshore suffered a badly cauliflowered ear. Freddie had fought to the limit with all he had. Though badly punished at close range fighting, he never stepped back..Except for occasional rallies by Beshore, the match was decidedly one sided and lacking in thrills." (Nat Fleischer in The Ring, October 1950, page 3.) Beshore was not off of his feet in this fight and lived up to his reputation for toughness.



1949-10-14 182 Pat Valentino 188½ 45-10-4

Cow Palace, Daly City, California, USA W KO 8 15 heavyweight 3793 4016 1448 1226 Bob Caico
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time: 0:35 | referee: Jack Downey 38-39 | judge: Frankie Carter 38-39 | judge: Frank Manfredo 39-37
National Boxing Association World heavyweight title
"One great fight" (Eddie Muller, San Francisco Examiner.)



1949-08-10 178 Gus Lesnevich 182 60-13-5

Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, USA W RTD 7 15 heavyweight 3793 3793 826 826 Matt Tegen
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referee: Ruby Goldstein
National Boxing Association World heavyweight title
Lesnevich's corner refused to let him come out for the 8th round.
Ric : Charles=180 lbs, per NYT. Attendance: 16,630; Gate: $75,832



1949-06-22 181¾ Jersey Joe Walcott 195¾ 44-13-2

Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA W UD 15 15 heavyweight 3767 3793 1148 1122 Mike Attree
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referee: Davy Miller 77-73 | judge: Harold Marovitz 78-72 | judge: Franklin Spike McAdams 78-72
vacant National Boxing Association World heavyweight title



1949-02-28 181¾ Joey Maxim 184 63-15-4

Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA W MD 15 15 heavyweight 3962 3767 1394 1590 Matt Tegen
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Attendance: 14,062 (Largest ever Cincinnati crowd) Gate: $72,818. Scoring: 70-70, 73-69, 70-65



1949-02-07 179 Johnny Haynes 214 22-11-0

Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA W KO 8 10 heavyweight 3962 3962 729 729 Matt Tegen
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1948-12-10 178 Joe Baksi 210½ 53-7-3

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA W TKO 11 12 heavyweight 3900 3962 1116 1053 Sergei Yurchenko
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time: 2:33 | referee: Ruby Goldstein
Baksi asked referee Ruby Goldstein to stop the bout, saying that he couldn't see. He had a cut over his left eye, as well as swelling on his left.
Attendance: 11,194



1948-11-15 178 Walter Hafer 200 16-13-1

Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA W KO 7 10 heavyweight 3900 3900 524 524 Luckett Davis
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"(Charles) had Hafer down four times before the knockout wallops." (Gettysburg Times)



1948-09-13 176 Jimmy Bivins 178 66-12-1

Griffith Stadium, Washington, District of Columbia, USA W UD 10 10 light heavyweight 5623 5602 2350 2371 Luckett Davis
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referee: Ray Bowen 6-3 | judge: Robert Kilmartin 5-3 | judge: John Trigg 6-2
According to The Ring it was an excellent bout. Charles's body punching had Bivins in trouble several times. Ezzard lost two points on fouls, but had a decent margin of victory anyway. The official scoring on points was 90-82, 95-93, and 94-88, all in favor of Charles. (From Washington newspapers, Jack Kincaid).



1948-05-20 173¾ Erv Sarlin 185¾ 41-13-3

Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, USA W UD 10 10 heavyweight 3915 3915 231 231 Bob Caico
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referee: Eddie Seres 8-1 | judge: Leo Stachowiak 8-1 | judge: Tommy Fisher 8-2



1948-05-07 175 Elmer Ray 192 83-14-5

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA W KO 9 10 heavyweight 3274 3915 2259 1618 Matt Tegen
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time: 2:43



1948-02-20 176 Sam Baroudi 169 41-10-2

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA W KO 10 10 light heavyweight 4704 4704 868 868 Martin Reichert
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Baroudi dies of injuries sustained in this fight. Baroudi had given a good account of himself for the first five rounds.



1948-01-13 173¾ Archie Moore 173 88-13-7

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA W KO 8 15 light heavyweight 3399 4704 3785 2480 Matt Tegen
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time: 2:40 | referee: Jackie Davis

That was a good streak. Actually between the loss to Elmer Ray on July 25, 1947 to the loss to Walcott on July 18, 1951, he won 24 fights in a row, with 15 against top 10 contenders.

Pretty amazing.