Description
Marcel Thil
Born: 1904-05-25
Hometown: Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Birthplace: Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne, France
Died: 1968-08-14 (Age: 64)
Record: 106-20-10
49 KOs 3 KOs
Division: Middle
Bouts: 136
Career: 1922-1937
Debut: 1922-05-07
Nationality: France
Residence: Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Birth place: Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne, France
Marcel Thil was born in Saint-Dizier, a commune in the Haute-Marne department in north-eastern France. He started boxing at a very young age and turned professional at the age of 16. Thil was a journeyman boxer for a number of years but as he gained experience and matured to full adult strength, he developed power in both hands and began to win regularly by knockout.
Thil won the French middleweight boxing championship in 1928 and captured the Europe title the following year. After losing his European championship in 1930, Thil won his next 15 fights and then defeated Gorilla Jones by a controversial 11th-round disqualification to capture the National Boxing Association (NBA) world middleweight championship and the vacant International Boxing Union (IBU) world middleweight championship on June 11, 1932 in Paris, France. With his championship victory, Thil became the toast of Paris. He was a major celebrity and a good friend of celebrated actor Jean Gabin.
World Middleweight Champions |French World Champions |The Ring Magazine Champions |IBHOF Members
