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<div>[[file:Charles.Ezzard.jpg|left|300px|thumb]] <br />
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1990<br>Modern Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/charles.html click]]]<br />
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]<br />
<boxer>009012</boxer><br />
'''Managers''': [[Charles Dyer]], [[Herb Williams]], [[Jake Mintz]], and [[Tom Tannas]] (1953)<br><br />
'''Trainer''': [[Ray Arcel]], Bill Gore<br><br />
'''[[:Category:Ezzard Charles Gallery|Ezzard Charles Gallery]]<br />
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== Amateur Achievements ==<br />
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*Reportedly had an amateur record of 42-0 and won every amateur tournament he ever entered.<br />
*1937 Diamond Belt Welterweight Champion.<br />
*1938 Diamond Belt Welterweight Champion.<br />
*1939 Diamond Belt Middleweight Champion. <br />
*1939 won the Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions vs. [[Pete Hantz]].<br />
*1939 National AAU Middleweight Champion vs. [[Leroy Bolden]].<br />
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== Record Issues ==<br />
The previously published 1940 record for Charles is inaccurate, evidently because his first manager, Bert Williams of Cincinnati, padded it with fights that did not occur. One of Charles's alleged 1940 fights, with Bradley Lewis in San Francisco, actually occurred a year earlier when Charles was an amateur, according to Michael DeLisa. Checks of two newspapers (the ''Cincinnati Enquirer'' and the ''Ohio State Journal'' of Columbus, Ohio) by Herb Goldman, using the facilities of the Library of Congress and of a Cincinnati newspaper by Jack Kincaid, found the following fights untraceable:<br />
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* Eddie Fowler, Portsmouth, Ohio, May 10, 1940.<br />
* Pat Wright, Middletown, Ohio, May 17, 1940.<br />
* John Reeves, Columbus, Ohio, June 12, 1940.<br />
* Al Woodridge. This fight was mentioned in an article that appeared in [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].<br />
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Also, Charles's alleged fight with Jimmy Brown in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1940 was not reported in the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' (search by Luckett Davis).<br />
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Even in 1940 and 1941, Charles's record still listed these untraced fights, although the details given were varied and conflicted from one telling to another.<br />
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It seems best to omit all of these fights from Charles's record, at least until and unless they can be verified.<br />
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He fought Marciano twice for world championship, losing both times. He was the only fighter to last 15 rounds with Marciano, he lost to Toxey Hall, Marciano's stable mate, by very close decision.<br />
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==Awards & Recognition==<br />
*''The Ring'' named Charles [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1949 and 1950.<br />
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990.<br />
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]]<br />
*''The Ring'' named Charles the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest light heavyweight of all-time]] in 2002.<br />
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title= [[Chicago Golden Gloves Champions|Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] <br /> Middleweight Champion |<br />
years= 1939 |<br />
after= [[Joey Maxim]]}}<br />
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[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]<br />
[[Category:American World Champions]]<br />
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]<br />
[[Category:Chicago Golden Gloves Champions]]<br />
[[Category:Diamond Belt Champions]]<br />
[[Category:Cincinnati Golden Gloves Champions]]<br />
[[Category:World War II Veterans]]<br />
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]<br />
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]<br />
[[Category:African American Boxers]]</div>Spartan2https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Ezzard_Charles&diff=385902Ezzard Charles2011-11-07T22:57:44Z<p>Spartan2: </p>
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<div>[[file:Charles.Ezzard.jpg|left|300px|thumb]] <br />
[[file:Ibhof-logo.jpg|thumb|right|Class of 1990<br>Modern Category<br>Hall of Fame bio:[http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/charles.html click]]]<br />
[[File:WBHF Logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee]]<br />
<boxer>009012</boxer><br />
'''Managers''': [[Charles Dyer]], [[Herb Williams]], [[Jake Mintz]], and [[Tom Tannas]] (1953)<br><br />
'''Trainer''': [[Ray Arcel]], Bill Gore<br><br />
'''[[:Category:Ezzard Charles Gallery|Ezzard Charles Gallery]]<br />
<br />
<br clear=all><br />
== Amateur Achievements ==<br />
<br />
*Reportedly had an amateur record of 42-0 and won every amateur tournament he ever entered.<br />
*1937 Diamond Belt Welterweight Champion.<br />
*1938 Diamond Belt Welterweight Champion.<br />
*1939 Diamond Belt Middleweight Champion. <br />
*1939 won the Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions vs. [[Pete Hantz]].<br />
*1939 National AAU Middleweight Champion vs. [[Leroy Bolden]].<br />
<br />
== Record Issues ==<br />
The previously published 1940 record for Charles is inaccurate, evidently because his first manager, Bert Williams of Cincinnati, padded it with fights that did not occur. One of Charles's alleged 1940 fights, with Bradley Lewis in San Francisco, actually occurred a year earlier when Charles was an amateur, according to Michael DeLisa. Checks of two newspapers (the ''Cincinnati Enquirer'' and the ''Ohio State Journal'' of Columbus, Ohio) by Herb Goldman, using the facilities of the Library of Congress and of a Cincinnati newspaper by Jack Kincaid, found the following fights untraceable:<br />
<br />
* Eddie Fowler, Portsmouth, Ohio, May 10, 1940.<br />
* Pat Wright, Middletown, Ohio, May 17, 1940.<br />
* John Reeves, Columbus, Ohio, June 12, 1940.<br />
* Al Woodridge. This fight was mentioned in an article that appeared in [[Ring Magazine|''The Ring'']].<br />
<br />
Also, Charles's alleged fight with Jimmy Brown in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 20, 1940 was not reported in the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' (search by Luckett Davis).<br />
<br />
Even in 1940 and 1941, Charles's record still listed these untraced fights, although the details given were varied and conflicted from one telling to another.<br />
<br />
It seems best to omit all of these fights from Charles's record, at least until and unless they can be verified.<br />
<br />
He fought Marciano twice, losing both times; he lost to Toxey Hall, Marciano's stable mate, by very close decision.<br />
<br />
==Awards & Recognition==<br />
*''The Ring'' named Charles [[Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year|Fighter of the Year]] for 1949 and 1950.<br />
*Inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in 1990.<br />
*Inducted into the [[World Boxing Hall of Fame]]<br />
*''The Ring'' named Charles the [[Division-By-Division - The Greatest Fighters of All-Time|greatest light heavyweight of all-time]] in 2002.<br />
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{{succession box |<br />
before= [[Cornelius Young]] |<br />
title= [[Chicago Golden Gloves Champions|Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions]] <br /> Middleweight Champion |<br />
years= 1939 |<br />
after= [[Joey Maxim]]}}<br />
{{succession box |<br />
before = [[Bradley Lewis]] | <br />
title = [[United States Amateur Middleweight Champions|National AAU Middleweight Champion]]| <br />
years = 1939 | <br />
after = [[Joey Maxim]]}}<br />
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title=[[World Heavyweight Champion]]<br>[[NBA World Heavyweight Champion]]|<br />
after=[[Jersey Joe Walcott]]|<br />
years=1949 Jun 22 &ndash; 1951 Jul 18}}<br />
{{Succession box|<br />
before=[[Joe Louis]]<br>Retired|<br />
title=[[NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion]]|<br />
after=[[Jersey Joe Walcott]]|<br />
years=1950 Sep 27 &ndash; 1951 Jul 18}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Charles, Ezzard}}<br />
[[Category:World Heavyweight Champions]]<br />
[[Category:American World Champions]]<br />
[[Category:United States Amateur Champions]]<br />
[[Category:Chicago Golden Gloves Champions]]<br />
[[Category:Diamond Belt Champions]]<br />
[[Category:Cincinnati Golden Gloves Champions]]<br />
[[Category:World War II Veterans]]<br />
[[Category:IBHOF Members]]<br />
[[Category:World Boxing Hall of Fame Members]]<br />
[[Category:African American Boxers]]</div>Spartan2