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Giovanni Manca vs Marcel Cerdan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Giovanni Manca

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Marcel Cerdan

Giovanni Manca (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) and Marcel Cerdan (110-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Manca

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Cerdan

110

Wins65 KO · 59%

4

Losses

0

Draws114 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Cerdan leads 1–0

Giovanni Manca and Marcel Cerdan have met 1 time; Cerdan leads 1–0.

Giovanni Manca and Marcel Cerdan have met 1 time; Cerdan leads 1–0.
Met1948Jan 26Series
Giovanni MancaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marcel CerdanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Manca 0 · Cerdan 4 of 4 measurable rows
MancaCerdan
Record†
0-1110-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
96.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
0
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—59.09%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—59%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 114
1
114

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Giovanni Manca: No height on file
Marcel Cerdan: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Giovanni Manca: No reach on file
Marcel Cerdan: 69″
Agenot comparable
Giovanni Manca: Died aged 63
Marcel Cerdan: Died aged 33
Stance
Giovanni Manca: Not recorded
Marcel Cerdan: Orthodox

Giovanni Manca left, Marcel Cerdan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Giovanni Manca0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Giovanni Manca: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Manca yet.

Marcel Cerdan110 wins · from 114 tracked bouts

Marcel Cerdan: 110 tracked wins — 65 by KO/TKO (59%) and 45 on the cards (41%). Counted from 114 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

65 by KO/TKO 59%45 on the cards 41%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Giovanni Manca 1, Marcel Cerdan 114 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Giovanni Manca has lost the most recent, to Marcel Cerdan. Manca last boxed on Jan 26, 1948.L

Cerdan Jan 1948

Marcel Cerdan had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Jake LaMotta. Cerdan last boxed on Jun 16, 1949.WWWWL

Delannoit Jul 1948Zale Sep 1948Turpin Mar 1949Krawczyk May 1949LaMotta Jun 19497.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Giovanni Manca and Marcel Cerdan ever fought each other?
Yes. Giovanni Manca and Marcel Cerdan met once on January 26, 1948, and Marcel Cerdan won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LJan 26, 1948 · Cerdan · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Manca or Cerdan?
Giovanni Manca is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Marcel Cerdan is 110-4. Marcel Cerdan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Manca0–10%

Cerdan110–496.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Manca or Cerdan?
Giovanni Manca has 0 knockout wins and Marcel Cerdan has 65. Marcel Cerdan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Manca0

Cerdan6559.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Manca and Cerdan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Giovanni Manca and Marcel Cerdan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Manca and Cerdan?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Giovanni Manca and 114 bouts tracked for Marcel Cerdan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Manca1bout

Cerdan114bouts

How They Win ↓

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