Robert Cohen (Boxer)
Robert Cohen ( * November 15, 1930 in Bône, Algeria ) is a former French boxer. He was world champion professional boxer in the bantamweight.
Career
Amateur career
Robert Cohen came from the Jewish community in Algeria. His father ran a barber shop in Bône and Bône began the young Robert Cohen also with the boxes. He had French citizenship and launched in 1950 and 1951 at the French championships of amateur boxers in the fly or bantamweight. He had to take both times in the final point defeats, 1950 by Dumesnil and 1951 by Perez.
Professional career
Middle of 1951, Robert Cohen stepped over to the professional boxers. His home was Paris and his manager Gaston Charles Raymond. His first fight as a professional boxer, he played on 12 September 1951 in Paris, which he carried techn. KO in the 2nd round won over Leon Gauche. In the following months, Robert Cohen was very carefully built. He played mostly on a monthly basis and had two fights on December 2, 1951 in Paris by the far more experienced Robert Meunier accept a point of defeat. This defeat was his only until 11 December 1955. During these four years Robert Cohen played 33 fights, of which he won 30 and drawn punched in three.
On May 15, 1952 Robert Cohen won the rematch game against Robert Meunier, whom he defeated on points in the Salle Wagram in Paris. On January 19, 1953 in Paris he had a victory over belonging to the best European bantamweight learning compatriot Maurice Sanderyron and on 23 February 1953, he fought in Paris against European champion Jean Sneyers from Belgium in a non-title fight a draw. French champion bantamweight was Robert Cohen on November 6, 1953 at the Palais des Sports in Paris, as he, after 15 rounds again beat on points Maurice Sandeyron. On December 14, 1953 in Manchester then he scored a points victory over the South Africans Jake Tuli, one of the world's best Bantamgewichtler.
On February 27, 1954 Robert Cohen won in Belfast on the Irish John Kelly in the battle for championship bantamweight by KO in the 3rd round and was the new European Champion. On May 15, 1954 Robert Cohen met in Tunis for the first time on the deaf Italian champion Mario D' Agata. He won that fight after 10 rounds by points and was after this fight in the world ranking of Bantamgewichtler to square 1 On 19 September 1954, held in Bangkok in front of 60,000 spectators (!) The fight for the vacant world title bantamweight between Robert Cohen and the locals Chamroen Songkitrat instead. Both fighters fought a hard battle and balanced. Two judges, Ted Waldham and the U.S. box - Pope Nat Fleischer opted for Cohen, who thailindische judges saw Songkitrat as a point winner. New world champion was so Robert Cohen. Nat Fleischer called him after the fight as a " bundle of dynamite ."
In the spring of 1955 Robert Cohen suffered in a serious car accident a double jaw fracture and then had to pause several months. Health restored, he defended on September 3, 1955 in Johannesburg his world title against Willie Toweel by a clear points victory. A nasty surprise, he then experienced on 11 December 1955 in a non-title fight in Paris, when he was taken at featherweight against its also coming from North Africa French compatriot Cherif Hamia in the 7th round because of defense incompetence against his protest from the ring. In the second and in the 7th round he had been in this fight twice on the ground.
On June 29, 1956 Robert Cohen defended his world title in Rome against Mario D' Agata. D' Agata proved in this fight than the stronger of the two and won this fight by technical. KO in the 7th round after he had scored in the 6th round two rainfall.
Life after the Boxer career
After losing the world championship Robert Cohen resigned from boxing. He went to Elizabethville in the former Belgian Congo, where his father owned a textile factory. He wanted to build a new life in the operation of his father. As a result of but soon appearing in Belgian Congo political turmoil, he went with his family to South Africa. He denied on July 13, 1959 in Ndola, Zambia, even a professional fight he lost against the South Africans Peter Lock on points. Later Robert Cohen moved to Brussels, where he worked as a restaurateur. Robert Cohen was also included in the " International Jewish Hall of Fame".
Swell
- Trade journal Box Sport from 1950 to 1960
- Website " www.boxrec.com "