Ezzard Charles

Name: Ezzard Charles
Career Record: click
Alias: The Cincinnati Cobra
Birth Name: Ezzard Mack Charles
Nationality: US American
Birthplace: Lawrenceville, GA, USA
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH, USA
Born: 1921-07-07
Died: 1975-05-27
Age at Death: 53
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6' 0
Reach: 73?
Managers: Charles Dyer, Herb Williams, and Jake Mintz
Trainer: Ray Arcel, Bill Gore

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Name: Eddie Machen
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Birth Name: Edward Mills Machen
Nationality: US American
Birthplace: Redding, CA, USA
Hometown: Redding, CA, USA
Born: 1932-07-15
Died: 1972-08-08
Age at Death: 40
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 6′ 0″
Reach: 191
Manager: Sid Flaherty
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Name: Carl 'Bobo' Olson
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Alias: Hawaiian Swede, Bobo
Nationality: US American
Birthplace: Honolulu, HI
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Born: 1928-07-11
Died: 2002-01-16
Age at Death: 73
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5′ 10½″
Manager: Sid Flaherty and Billy Newman

Died in Honolulu after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.

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Name: Rocky Marciano
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Alias: The Brockton Blockbuster
Birth Name: Rocco Francis Marchegiano
Nationality: US American
Birthplace: Brockton, MA, USA
Hometown: Brockton, MA, USA
Born: 1923-09-01
Died: 1969-08-31
Age at Death: 45
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5' 10
Reach: 67'
Manager: Al Weill
Trainers: Charley Goldman & Al Columbo

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Name: Harry 'Kid' Matthews
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Nationality: US American
Birthplace: Emmett, ID
Hometown: Emmett, ID/Seattle, WA
Born: 1922-12-09
Died: 2003-03-11
Age at Death: 80
Stance: Orthodox
Managers: George Blake (1940?-43), Bert Forbes (1946-1949?), Jack Hurley (1949-1956)

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Name: Mike McTigue
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Alias: Bould Mike
Birth Name: Michael Francis McTigue
Nationality: Irish
Birthplace: County Clare, Ireland
Hometown: New York, NY; Montreal, QC
Born: 1892-11-26
Died: 1966-08-12
Age at Death: 73
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5' 9
Reach: 74 1/4
Managers: Joe Jacobs, Jimmy Johnston, Charles Johnston


Mike McTigue won the World Light-heavyweight Title on March 17, 1923, (St. Patrick's Day), defeating Battling Siki by decision at the La Scala Opera House in Dublin, Ireland. He would defend his title against future Hall of Famers Tommy Loughran, Young Stribling and Mickey Walker, before losing the title by unanimous decision to the Olympic Gold Medalist wrestler-turned-boxer Paul Berlenbach in 1925.

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