Gerhard Hecht (March 16, 1923 – February 21, 2005) was a German boxer. Hecht fought for the

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championship against

Sugar Ray Robinson Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is often regarde ...

in 1951. The fight ended when Robinson hit Hecht in the kidney, and Hecht could not continue. The fight was originally ruled a disqualification victory for Hecht, but later changed to a no-contest.

Professional boxing record

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Yvon Durelle Yvon Durelle (October 14, 1929 – January 6, 2007), was a Canadian champion boxer. He was of Acadian descent. Early life Durelle grew up in a family of fourteen children, in Baie-Ste-Anne, a small Acadian fishing village on Miramichi Bay o ...

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, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Fernando Jannilli , PTS , 8 , 05/07/1953 , align=left,

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, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Eli Elandon , PTS , 8 , 24/02/1951 , align=left,

, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Herbert Kleinwachter , KO , 6 , 09/02/1951 , align=left, Ernst Merck Halle,

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, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Erich Puhlmann , KO , 2 , 05/02/1949 , align=left, Austellungshalle,

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, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Karl Hohne , KO , 2 , 14/03/1948 , align=left, Friedrichstadt Palast,

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, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Willi Franke , KO , 1 , 28/12/1947 , align=left, Thueringenhalle,

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, align=left, , - , Win , , align=left, Horst Raspe , TKO , 4 , 14/12/1947 , align=left, Gesellschaftshaus,

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References

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