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Charles terpaksa terus bertanding karena mengalami masalah keuangan. Dia mendapatkan 13 kekalahan dalam 23 pertandingan terakhirnya (dia mencatatkan rekor 83 kemenangan, 12 kekalahan, dan 1 hasil imbang sebelum masalah keuangan membuatnya memperpanjang kariernya). Dia pensiun dengan rekor of 93-25-1 (52 KO). Dia berhasil membalas 7 kekalahan dalam kariernya.
===PersonalKehidupan pribadi===
Charles sangat dekat dengan Rocky Marciano dan menjadi tetangga serta sahabtsahabat [[Muhammad Ali]] ketika mereka berdua tinggal 85th Street di Chicago.<ref>Newsmakers interview with Ezzard Charles Jr., WKRC Channel 12 Cincinnati, August 17, 2008</ref> Charles juga membintnagi satu film: ''Mau Mau Drums'', ansebuah independentfilm indie (anddan unreleasedtidak dirilis) jungle-adventurebertema filmpetualangan shotdan inhutan andyang aroundpengambilan gambarnya dilakukan di Cincinnati indan sekitarnya pada tahun 1960 byoleh produser film filmmakerbernama Earl Schwieterman.
==DeathKematian==
InPada tahun 1968, Charles was diagnoseddidiagnosis withmenderita [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]], alsoyang knownjuga asdikenal sebagai penyakit Lou Gehrig's disease. ThePenyakit diseaseitu affectedmengganggu Charles'fungsi legskaki andCharles eventuallydan leftpada himakhirnya completelymembuatnya disabledlumpuh sepenuhnya. A fund raiserPenggalangan wasdana helddilakukan tountuk assistmembantu Charles anddan manybanyak ofdari hismantan formerlawan opponentsbertarungnya spokeyang onberbicara hisuntuk behalfmewakilinya. Rocky Marciano insecara particularkhusus calledmenyebut Charles thesebagai bravestpetinju manpaling hepemberani everyang foughtpernah dia lawan. TheMantan formerpetinju boxeritu spentmenghabiskan hishari-hari lastterakhir daysdalam inhidupnya adi nursingsebuah homerumah perawatan. ASebuah chillingiklan pada tahun 1973 commercialyang showedmembuat sedih memperlihatkan Charles inberada di atas hiskursi wheelchairrodanya horriblykarena disabledlumpuh byakibat ALS.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/ntSVnJr0F1s Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200329170636/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSVnJr0F1s Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}:
{{Cite web|date=March 4, 2013|title=1970's Muscular Dystrophy Commercial with Ezzard Charles|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntSVnJr0F1s|access-date=July 29, 2020|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}} Charles diedmeninggal onpada Maytanggal 28, Mei 1975, indi Chicago.
==LegacyWarisan==
[[File:Ezzard Charles.jpg|thumb|Commemorative stamp honoring Charles]]
InPada tahun 1976, [[Cincinnati]] honoredmemberikan Charlespenghormatan bykepada changingCharles thedengan namemengubah ofnama Lincoln Park Drive tomenjadi Ezzard Charles Drive. ThisIni jalan tempat rumah was the street of his residence during the height of his career.<ref>[http://library.cincymuseum.org/aag/bio/charles.html ''Guide to 20th Century African American Resources''], Cincinnati Historical Society</ref>
In 2002, Charles was ranked No. 13 on ''The Ring'' magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years.
In 2006, Ezzard Charles was named the 11th greatest fighter of all time by the IBRO (International Boxing Research Organisation).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=8921&more=1 |title=IBRO'S 25 Greatest Fighters of All Time |publisher=Eastsideboxing.com |access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>
<blockquote>The "Cincinnati Cobra" wasadalah apetinju masterulung boxerdengan ofkemampuan extraordinarydan skillkecakapan andyang abilityluar biasa. HeDia had speedcepat, agilitylincah, fasttangannya cepat dan handsgerak andkakinya excellentsangat footworkbagus. Charles possessed a masterful jab and was a superb combination puncher. He was at his peak as a light-heavyweight. His record is quite impressive. Against top rate opposition like Archie Moore, Charley Burley, Lloyd Marshall, Jimmy Bivins, and Joey Maxim he was an impressive 16-2 combined. Despite being a natural light-heavy he won the heavyweight title and made 9 successful title defenses. Nearly 25% of voters had Charles in the top 10. Half of the voters had him in the top 15. Two thirds of voters had him inside the top 20.</blockquote>
Muhammad Ali said in his own autobiography:
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