Sam Baroudi

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Sam Baroudi boxer
Data
Birth Name Sammy Crandall
Weight class medium weight
nationality US-american
birthday August 29, 1926
place of birth Akron
Date of death February 21, 1948
Place of death Chicago
style orthodox
size 1.83 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 53
Victories 40
Knockout victories 20th
Defeats 11
draw 2

Sam Baroudi (* Sammy Crandall on 29. August 1926 in Akron , † 21st February 1948 in Chicago ) was an American boxer in the middleweight division .

Baroudi played his first professional fight on May 15, 1945 in the Meadowbrook Bowl in Newark and won against Jimmy Picollo by knockout in the first round. In the next two years he set a record of 35 wins, 7 losses and two draws. In his 44th fight he faced Newton Smith on August 15, 1947. Boroudi knocked Smith out in the ninth round, Smith later died in hospital without regaining consciousness. Baroudi lost the next fights on points, but was then able to start a winning streak again. Until his last fight, Baroudi never went down in 52 fights.

On February 20, 1948 Baroudi fought in Chicago against the later heavyweight world champion Ezzard Charles . In the tenth round he was knocked down so hard that he lost consciousness and later succumbed to the cerebral haemorrhage suffered during the fight in hospital . The shocked Charles considered quitting his boxing career, but Baroudi's father convinced him by telegram to continue.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sam Baroudi dies of hemorraghe after knockout by Charles . Reading Eagle - February 20, 1948
  2. ↑ Robert Sacchi: Friday's Heroes: Willie Pep Remembers ... . AuthorHouse, 2007, pp. 119-120
personal data
SURNAME Baroudi, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crandall, Sammy; Crandle, Sammy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boxer
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Akron
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1948
Place of death Chicago