Ezzard Charles - Beautiful Violence 

One of the 10 best to ever do it...ever. Warrior and gentleman, a role model to any young boxer with an eye for class.

He was WAY ahead of his time! Nothing but respect for The Cincinnati Cobra.

I love EZZARD CHARLES!! he was so patient and methodical with his movement. He brought a certain type of grace in the heavyweight division and that's why he's one of my favorites. He could move,he was slick,and had a DEVASTATING right hand. Truly one of the earlier masters in the heavyweight division. Love that guy to death. May he R.I.P.

combinations, angles, timing, footwork, this dude has it all

Pirme Charles was as explosive as Robinson but bigger . He was no less than amazing .

The Walcott-Charles series was a masters level class in heavyweight technique.

If alive today this man would rule the light heavies. The same goes for Bob Foster.

The ONLY fighter that Charley Burley couldn't beat - no matter how hard he tried. That's scary.

For all his greatness in the ring , a true gentleman outside it . Anyone interested should look up his autobiography a boxing life. Easily top 10 pound for pound ever.

Gotta love Ezzard Charles. Such a beast in the pocket.

That pull-counter @0:52 was smooooooov

The Cincinnati Cobra. One of Toney's idols. Nice work.

Truly a rich and extensive resume... that’s why I consider this man on of the greatest

Even more impressive when you take in the full scope of the opposition he was doing this against.

He beat “The Brown Bomber” Joe louis, Man that should be all I have to say about this gentleman. Such an important part of boxing history, a person who every boxer should study and never forget.

This man was a monster. If I recall correctly. he once killed a man and since then he held back when he fought. Its amazing that he was the only man to ever go 15 rounds with Rocky. I don't know whats amazing, that he could go 15 or that Rocky could last 15 against him.

Charles, Robinson and Duran. I wouldn't dare to pick one but those 3 are the greatest P4P boxers of all time. Three perfect complete fighters. But what makes Ezzard special is that his boxing resume is without a doubt the best in history. Nobody is even close.

A legend with great hands and powerful execution with his strikes. Massive respect to what Ezzard Charles achieved and most notably many of his era were always the most respectful, down-to-Earth people on the planet. I love reviewing the footage of these great boxing legends. RIP Ezzard Charles you boxing great

Hanzagod has the sexiest videos of boxing in history the music is amazing the footage placement is amazing and sequenced in a way that truly shows how legendary all these great fighters were.

Ezzard Charles was a fantastic boxer very athletic great footwork fast and accurate hands he could take a punch and comeback even stronger in shape very economical a man in and out of the ring class act took on all fighters a midcentury master

the greatest light heavyweight of all time

Beautiful boxing, just beautiful

That sleak and clean technique... Such beauty to watch!

My fAther was named after him!Ezzard Charles...I am a Jr and my son is the third!!So cool to watch my namesake!!my son is 9 I am showing him this..This is the first night I knew he killed someone in the ring..us Ezzard Charles are fighters..physical and mental 💯

Pound for Pound he's right up there, like a 1940's Roy Jones (Jones of the 90's), pure class

The original fantastic 4 Louis Marciano Walcott Charles

Damn the man can hit! Didn’t know he put “Jersey” Joe down.

Absurdly underrated god

Charles was fantastic boxer.

Ezzard Charles man,,,wow! What a fighter💥💣

Awesome, NZA! Punishing left (lead or counter). Electric right (straight, hook, or uppercut). The Cincinnati Cobra one of my favs from the best era of heavyweight boxing. Almost 20k subs, NZA. There’s no stopping you. I say you hit 30k before the years out.

The more I watch Ezzard Charles, the more convinced I am that he might be, bar Ali, the most skilled heavyweight of all time.

Great video. You picked good highlights. He had similar movements to SRR. A little slower on his feet and with his punches but with better counters. That counter right is fuckin savage. It reminds me of Holyfields. Or Holyfields reminds me of his. Charles is one of the greatest fighters in the history or boxing.

Best highlight I have seen on this forgotten legend.

Pat valentino was a friend of mine from San Francisco. He fought Charles at the Cow Palace in 1949. He told me all about his fight with Charles how he took fight short notice, and he had the flu. Ezzard was a great fighter under-rated. thanks for sharing, like the music.

0:52 Ezzard actually missed those punches. The other fighter was actually shot by a sniper.

him and robinson were just simply monsters. had robinson able to withstand the heat and win against maxim, a fight between them would have happened!

Awesome post. Atmospheric. Great work!

Beautiful indeed.

some of those knockouts are brutal

Ezzard Charles would have been even greater had his health not deteriorated from late 54/early ‘55, not long after his KO defeat by Marciano. He was already suffering from clear symptoms of ALS, a motor neurone disease that was to cripple him horribly and kill him 20 years later. It’s surprising how the state athletics commission did not know this and allowed him to box on for 10 more fights over 5 more years, they should have known as much as he did that his health was in serious decline.

The soundtracks on your videos are great, not the usual generic rap that I personally find distracting...

Wow imagine him fighting in this era

0:24 he took that jab like it was nothing

0:25 those left hook combinations . wow .

Charles/Walcott has gotta be one of boxing's most legendary rivalries

great champ ,one of the best!

Ezzard Charles fought about 34 fights at light heavyweight (see below). At light heavyweight, Charles beat the two greatest light heavyweight champions of his era. He beat Archie Moore every time he fought him (3 times) and Joey Maxim every time he fought him (two times). At light heavyweight, Charles also beat another hall of famer Jimmy Bivins twice. Charles got revenge by knocking out two great boxers who beat him earlier, Lloyd Marshall and Jimy Bivins. Charles was beaten at light heavyweight by a controversial split decision to the very experienced Elmer Ray and then Charles knocked Ray out a year later at light heavyweight the next time they fought each other. Charles was never given a chance at the light heavyweight title and he moved up to heavyweight to get larger pay days. At light heavyweight, Charles knocked out all 3 boxers (as mentioned, two of them hall of famers) who had beaten him earlier in his career. Nobody ever got the better of Ezzard Charles at light heavyweight including the 2 best lt heavyweight champs during the years when Ezzard boxed, legendary, Archie Moore and the dude who beat Sugar Ray Robinson, Joey Maxim. Charles is P4P one of the best ever. The greatest light heavyweight that ever lived, absolutely, Ezzard Charles. Jimmy Bivins 66 12 1 Griffith Stadium, Washington W UD 1948-05-20 Erv Sarlin 41 13 3 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo W UD 1948-05-07 Elmer Ray 95 20 11 Chicago Stadium, Chicago W KO 1948-02-20 Sam Baroudi 41 10 2 Chicago Stadium, Chicago W KO 1948-01-13 Archie Moore 89 13 7 Arena, Cleveland W KO 1947-12-02 Fitzie Fitzpatrick 38 11 3 Arena, Cleveland W TKO 1947-11-03 Teddy Randolph 19 23 6 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo W UD 1947-10-27 Clarence Jones 22 17 2 Radio Center Arena, Huntington W KO 1947-10-16 Al Smith 7 20 3 Armory, Akron W TKO 1947-09-29 Lloyd Marshall 60 15 3 Crosley Field, Cincinnati W KO 1947-09-16 Joe Matisi 20 4 2 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo W UD 1947-07-25 Elmer Ray 91 20 11 Madison Square Garden, New York L SD 1947-07-14 Fitzie Fitzpatrick 37 9 3 Crosley Field, Cincinnati W KO 1947-05-05 Archie Moore 84 12 7 Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati W MD 1947-04-14 Erv Sarlin 39 9 2 Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh W UD 1947-03-10 Jimmy Bivins 56 8 1 Arena, Cleveland W KO 1947-02-17 Oakland Billy Smith 35 14 4 Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati W KO 1946-11-12 Jimmy Bivins 52 7 1 Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh W UD 1946-09-23 Oakland Billy Smith 32 13 3 Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati W UD 1946-07-29 Lloyd Marshall 58 14 3 Crosley Field, Cincinnati W KO 1946-06-13 Shelton Bell 12 4 0 Idora Park, Youngstown W KO 1946-05-20 Archie Moore 80 11 5 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh W UD 1946-05-13 Tommy Hubert 21 9 0 Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati W KO 1946-04-15 George Parks 17 18 2 Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh W TKO 1946-04-01 Billy Duncan 38 11 2 Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh W KO 1946-03-25 Tommy Hubert 21 8 0 Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati W UD 1946-02-18 Al Sheridan 17 29 5 Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati W KO 1944-12-16 Al Barlow debut Brancaccio Theatre, Roma W PTS 1944-12-13 Stanley Goicz 11 2 2 Brancaccio Theatre, Roma W PTS 1943-03-31 Lloyd Marshall 38 7 2 Arena, Cleveland L TKO 1943-01-07 Jimmy Bivins 31 5 0 Arena, Cleveland L UD 1942-12-01 Joey Maxim 21 6 0 Arena, Cleveland W UD 1942-10-27 Joey Maxim 21 5 0 Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh W UD 1942-09-15 Mose Brown 20 8 1 Forbes Field, Pittsburgh W KO 1942-08-17 Jose Basora 34 6 2 Hickey Park, Millvale W KO

Ezzard Charles quick on his feet and he had power.great fighter didnt get his due

I have him as the 🐐

Incredibly smooth fighter

That shot at 3:00 to 3:04 holy shit!!! Beautiful

great timing with his right cross. Lovely compilation. Thanks for sharing.

The real Goat. 3 division champion when there were only 8 weight classes. Never allowed to fight for the middleweight title which was his most natural weight. His name belongs in any discussion as to who is the greatest. Boxrec has him P4P in all weight classes based on their points system, while Ali is at 15. I don't think anyone fought and beat more all time greats than Ezzard Charles.

Song name? Very spooky and fitting piece

One of the best boxers of all time P4P! The Cincinnati Cobra. www.patreon.com/haNZAgod

One of your best!

Wow, a fighter born. When you see this type of fighter, it's easy to recognize the best fighter of a particular era. I often wonder who would be the best fighter OF ALL TIME. Who knows, but the question is awesome.

Great fighter very underrated

Salute!

Fantastic video of a fantastic fighter, Charles is one of the very best boxing has ever seen.

Incredible!

2:16....Who the fuck is the dude who took that right, toe turned and all..... jeez he got a chin!!!!!!

Beautifully brutal left hook that last guy that got dropped had a helluva chin he was taking some serious shots throughout this vid

00:45-47.. how Rocky didn't go down from that right hand bomb, only God knows... wow

Beutiful fighter so fluid yet powerful. Only lacked size for a heavyweight

Reminds me of Sugar Ray Robinson so much.

great boxer

Ezzard split marciano s nose in his fight with him

He would have been 100 today

Greatest light heavyweight of all time (along with Archie Moore of course haha)! He fought and beat the best in both his division, and the heavyweight division!

What a beast!!!

Dude was so ahead of his time I box and sheesh dude could have definitely been a problem today but the offense first defense last approach Of those days is why they were so fucked up later in life dudes hand speed and fundamentals were nice though

His hooks were his jab lol

Good job,good music,thank you)

Reminds me of Aaron Pryor...could be wrong since it's before my time, but his flurries are accurate as fuck!

Had to check this guy out. He beat Jersey Joe & Louis.

He was like a heavier version of Robinson

I Love The exchange Between Joe Walcott nd Charles ... As Charles step outta The Center , off to the side ... Joe Comes in to land a Hook , No ones home nd then Booom!!!

Happy birthday champ

Charles pvp is one of the best ever, great video as always. Can you do Shane Mosley highlights next.

Ezzard Charles was A good fighter I like All the Fights he With The technician Jersey Joe Walcott Classic fight s

Top 20 all-time in my opinion. People forget that like Ray Robinson, he killed a guy in the ring and I believe it affected him worse than Ray.

Charles beats Marciano, if both fight in their primes - in my opinion. The reach and speed would have overcome Marciano's power.

Ezzard Charles went left after his opponent threw the right hand. 1. Charles caught the jab with His rh. 2. Charles shoulder blocked the rh. And moved left, this prevented his opponent from throwing a left hook.

Trained, if I'm not mistaken, by the legendary Ray Arcel. Looks like Duran wasn't his first killer.

That left at 1:07 (believe that was against Jersey Joe Walcott) was reminiscent of Ali’s knock out of George Foreman. He was about to clean it up with the right as Foreman was falling and he was circling. That right would have had him out for sure! Classic action - classic era.

A Soaring Predatory Human-Hawk! Moving In Most Gracefully! Inflicting Most Formidable Lethality! I would die to have This Man Coach me Two Hours Twice a Week! God Bless Thy Everlasting Heroic Soul! Thank For Sharing!

Scary.

The Mythical Cobra!

He’s schooling them his opponents don’t seem even close to his level

Charles could crack ! Awesome boxer

Is there any footage of Charles in his prime?

Cincinnati ❤

He was a fucking beast!

Роскошный боксер!!!

One of the all time Great

The greatest

A fought I always thought about was ezzard charles vs Muhammad Ali who do you think would win

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