Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Kid Marcel
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Ray Robinson 160 lbs beat Kid Marcel 160 lbs by TKO in round 5 of 10
- Date: 1951-05-21
- Location: Palais des Sports, Paris, Paris, France
- This was the first fight of Robinson's seven-fight European tour.
- Marcel was the French middleweight champion.
- Robinson received only one franc for the fight: the rest went to the French cancer fund.
- The United Press reported: "Both fighters were cautious until the third round, when Marcel bored into Robinson but was brought up short by some solid counter punches. Robinson continued to score at will throughout the fourth round, landing punches to the head and body that had Marcel in distress until the bell. Another furious attack in the fifth round caused the Frenchman's manager to throw in the towel."