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Jean Despeaux vs Marcel Cerdan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jean Despeaux

🇫🇷WELTERWEIGHT

Marcel Cerdan

Jean Despeaux (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Despeaux

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

Jean Despeaux and Marcel Cerdan have met 1 time; Cerdan leads 1–0.

Jean Despeaux and Marcel Cerdan have met 1 time; Cerdan leads 1–0.
Met1945May 13Series
Jean DespeauxFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marcel CerdanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Despeaux 0 · Cerdan 4 of 4 measurable rows
DespeauxCerdan
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
Jean Despeaux: No height on file
Marcel Cerdan: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jean Despeaux: No reach on file
Marcel Cerdan: 69″
Agenot comparable
Jean Despeaux: Died aged 73
Marcel Cerdan: Died aged 33
Stance
Jean Despeaux: Not recorded
Marcel Cerdan: Orthodox

Jean Despeaux 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
Jean Despeaux0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jean Despeaux: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Despeaux 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 — Jean Despeaux 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

Jean Despeaux has lost the most recent, to Marcel Cerdan. Despeaux last boxed on May 13, 1945.L

Cerdan May 1945

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 Jean Despeaux and Marcel Cerdan ever fought each other?
Yes. Jean Despeaux and Marcel Cerdan met once on May 13, 1945, and Marcel Cerdan won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LMay 13, 1945 · Cerdan · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Despeaux or Cerdan?
Jean Despeaux is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Despeaux0–10%

Cerdan110–496.5%

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

Despeaux0

Cerdan6559.1%

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

Despeaux1bout

Cerdan114bouts

How They Win ↓

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