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Lavern Roach vs Marcel Cerdan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Lavern Roach

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Marcel Cerdan

Lavern Roach (26-5) 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.

Roach

26

Wins11 KO · 42%

5

Losses

0

Draws1 tracked bout

Cerdan

110

Wins65 KO · 59%

4

Losses

0

Draws114 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Cerdan leads 1–0

Lavern Roach and Marcel Cerdan have met 1 time; Cerdan leads 1–0.

Lavern Roach and Marcel Cerdan have met 1 time; Cerdan leads 1–0.
Met1948Mar 12Series
Lavern RoachFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marcel CerdanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Roach 0 · Cerdan 5 of 5 measurable rows
RoachCerdan
Record
26-5110-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
83.9%
96.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
11
65 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
42.31%
59.09% (edge)
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

† 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
Lavern Roach: No height on file
Marcel Cerdan: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Lavern Roach: No reach on file
Marcel Cerdan: 69″
Agenot comparable
Lavern Roach: Died aged 25
Marcel Cerdan: Died aged 33
Stance
Lavern Roach: Orthodox
Marcel Cerdan: Orthodox

Lavern Roach 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
Lavern Roach0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Lavern Roach: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Roach 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 — Lavern Roach 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

Lavern Roach has lost the most recent, to Marcel Cerdan. Roach last boxed on Mar 12, 1948.L

Cerdan Mar 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 Lavern Roach and Marcel Cerdan ever fought each other?
Yes. Lavern Roach and Marcel Cerdan met once on March 12, 1948, and Marcel Cerdan won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LMar 12, 1948 · Cerdan · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Roach or Cerdan?
Lavern Roach is 26-5 and Marcel Cerdan is 110-4. Marcel Cerdan has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Roach26–583.9%

Cerdan110–496.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Roach or Cerdan?
Lavern Roach has 11 knockout wins and Marcel Cerdan has 65. Marcel Cerdan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Roach1142.3%

Cerdan6559.1%

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

Roach1bout

Cerdan114bouts

How They Win ↓

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