Marcel Cerdan Junior, son of the French boxing legend, died Friday at the age of 81, we learned from the president of the French Boxing Federation, confirming information from The Team.
Ill for several years, Cerdan Jr himself had a career as a boxer in the 1960s. According to the reference site boxrec, he finished his professional career with a record of 56 victories (including 18 before the limit) for 3 draws and 5 defeats.
“He had an honorable career. Even if he did not have the physical qualities of his father, he tried to resemble him with the means that were his.“, explained to AFP the president of FFBoxe Dominique Nato. “He was a real star of boxing in France in the 60s. He was a great technician who notably made the glory days of the Wagram gym“, added specialist journalist Jean-Philippe Lustyk.
-He played the role of his father in the film “Édith et Marcel”
Eldest son of the boxing legend, Cerdan Jr was just five years old in October 1949 when his father died in a plane crash, while leaving for the United States to try to regain the world weight crown means.
Once retired, Cerdan Jr notably contributed to keeping alive the memory of his father whom he “worshiped“, according to Dominique Nato. He played the role of his father in the film “Édith et Marcel” by Claude Lelouch, released in 1983, replacing Patrick Dewaere who died shortly before filming.
