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'''Ezzard Mack Charles''' (7 Juli 1921—28 Mei 1975), dijuluki '''Cincinnati Cobra''', adalah seorang petinju profesional asal Amerika Serikat danyang pernah menjadi Juarajuara Duniadunia Tinjutinju Kelaskelas Beratberat. Dikenal memiliki pertahanan yang cerdik dan akurat, dia sering dianggap sebagai petinju kelas berat-ringan terhebat sepanjang masa. Per Mei 2021, laman [[BoxRec]] menempatkan Charles sebagai petinju terhebat sepanjang masa peringkat kedua untuk kategori [[pound for pound]], di belakang [[Floyd Mayweather, Jr.|Floyd Mayweather Jr]]. Charles mengalahkan banyak petinju yang masuk dalam Hall of Fame di tiga kelas berbeda. Charles pensiun dengan rekor 95 kemenangan, 25 kekalahan, dan 1 hasil imbang. Dia dimasukkan ke dalam [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] di kelas perdana pada tahun 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/04/07/Boxing-Hall-of-Fame-names-first-inductees/6244639460800/|title=Boxing Hall of Fame names first inductees|website=UPI}}</ref>
==Karier==
Pada tahun 2006 Ezzard Charles disebut sebagai petinju terhebat sepanjang masa peringkat ke-11 oleh 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>"Cincinnati Cobra" adalah petinju ulung dengan kemampuan dan kecakapan yang luar biasa. Dia cepat, lincah, tangannya cepat dan gerak kakinya sangat bagus. Charles memiliki pukulan jab sangat bagus dan merupakan superbpetinju combinationdengan puncherpukulan kombinasi yang hebat. HePada waspuncak atkariernya hisdia peakbertinju asdi akelas lightberat-heavyweightringan. HisRekornya record is quitesangat impressivemengesankan. AgainstMenghadapi toppetinju ratepapan oppositionatas likeseperti Archie Moore, Charley Burley, Lloyd Marshall, Jimmy Bivins, anddan Joey Maxim hedia memiliki 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 dalam autobiografinya mengatakan, "Ezzard Charles wasbenar-benar apetinju trulydan greatjuara fighteryang and championhebat. He was theDia onlySatu heavyweight champion, other than a young Sonny Liston, who I think would have really troubled me at my best."<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=The Greatest: My Own Story|publisher=Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham.|year=1975}}</ref> ▼
Muhammad Ali said in his own autobiography:
▲"Ezzard Charles was a truly great fighter and champion. He was the only heavyweight champion, other than a young Sonny Liston, who I think would have really troubled me at my best."<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=The Greatest: My Own Story|publisher=Muhammad Ali and Richard Durham.|year=1975}}</ref>
In 2007, ESPN online ranks Ezzard Charles as the 27th greatest boxer of all time, ahead of such notable fighters as [[Mike Tyson]], [[Larry Holmes]] and [[Jake LaMotta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/greatest/featureVideo?page=greatest2130 |title=All-Time Greatest Boxers |work=ESPN |date=March 8, 1971 |access-date=May 8, 2014}}</ref>
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