Marcel Cerdan
Marcel Cerdan is considered to be the greatest French boxer of all time. Cerdan made his biggest win by fighting in France’s colonial possessions, such as Algeria, where he was born, and Morocco.
While he only fought a handful of times in the United States, he did score a notable win over middleweight champion Tony Zale to secure the NBA Middleweight Championship. The fight was declared the 1948 Fight of the Year.
Cerdan would lose the belt to Jake LaMotta three fights later. However, he had 65 knockouts to his name which is quite a fete, and he managed to win 111 matches during his career.