Archie Moore The Ageless Wonder of the Boxing RingBorn Archibald Lee Wright: Archie Moore was born 13th December 1913 and during his boxing career he fought a total of 229 fights Won: 194, Lost: 26, Drew: 8, KO'd: 141 and had one no Contest bout. Archie Moore fought for an incredible 27 years and knocked out more opponents than any other fighter in the history of boxing. Archie Moore became the light heavyweight champion at the age of 39 and is the only man to have fought both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. Archie Moore turned pro in 1936 making his debut in the world boxing rankings as a middleweight in the early 1940s. By 1945 Archie Moore moved up to light heavyweight and although he was continually passed over for a title shot. Archie Moore remained a fixture in the 175-pound rankings. Though Archie was a light heavyweight boxing champ, he was indeed an extraordinary boxer. Never has there been a fighter at any weight in boxing history can compare to his boxing achievements in the ring. Archie's achievements in the ring far out weigh any other boxer as a Cruiserweight Champion. Archie Moore Won Six Of His Seven Bouts By Knockout In AustraliaIn 1937, he won nine boxing match in a row by knockout until he suffered his fir st defeat, losing an eight rounds decision to Billy Adams. After losing to Adams, Moore won seven straight fights, six by knockout, before losing again, to Johnny Bandit Romero by a decision in ten rounder in San Diego in 1938. Archie Moore boxed all but one of his 12 bouts in San Diego that year. In a rematch with Romero, he won by a knockout in four. Archie Moore had eight more boxing match in 1939, going winning 5, losing 2 and a no contest match. He lost to fringe contender Teddy Yarosz during that time, and his no contest was against Jack Coggins, in eight rounds. In 1940 Archie Moore went on a tour of Australia, fighting in Melbourne, Tasmania, Adelaide and Sydney. He won all of his seven bouts there, including six by knockout. Upon returning to the United States, he defeated Pancho Ramirez by a knockout in round five, but then lost to Shorty Hogue on a six round decision. Boxer Archie Moore Moore Returned To The Boxing Ring Once Again Archie Moore had four fights in 1941, period during which he won 2 fights, losing one and drawing with Eddie Booker. By then, however, he had suffered several stomach ulcers, with their resulting operations, In 1941 Archie Moore announced his retirement from boxing ring. Moore's retirement did not last too long, it was indeed quite a short period however, and in 1942, he was back in the ring. He won his first six bouts that year, including a second round knockout over Shorty Hogue in a rematch, and a ten round decision over Jack Chase. Then, he met Booker in a rematch, and they had the same result as in their previous meeting: another 10 round draw. In 1943 Moore had seven boxing bouts, winning 5 and losing two. He won and lost the California State Middleweight title match against Jack Chase and then beat Chase again in his last bout of that year, in a ten rounds non title fight. In 1944, he had nine bouts, going winning 7 and losing 2. His last bout marked his debut on the Atlantic Coast. Archie Moore Stepped Up In Class to Challenge the HeavyweightsThat year, his opposition level began to improve, and he beat Jimmy Hayden by a knockout in five, lost to Charlie Burley by a decision, and to Booker by a knockout in eight. He won his first eight bouts of 1945, impressing Atlantic coast boxing experts, and earning a fight with fringe contender Jimmy Bivins, who defeated Moore by a knockout in six at Cleveland. He returned to the Eastern Seaboard, and fought five more times before that year was over. He met, among others, Holman Williams during that span, losing a ten round decision, and knocking him out in eleven in the rematch. By 1946, Moore had moved to the Light Heavyweight division, and he went to win 5 boxing bouts losing 2 and drawing 1. That same year, beating fringe contender Curtis Sheppard, but lost to future world Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles by a decision in ten, and drawing with his old nemesis Jack Chase. |
1947 Was Basically a Year of Rematches For ArchieArchie Moore began to become quite argumentative around the boxing circles, stating that none of boxing world champions would risk their titles against him. 1947 was basically a year of rematches of wins and loses for Archie Moore. He won 7 of his 8 fights that year, his one loss to Ezzard Charles. Archie Moore beat his old boxing archenemy, Jack Chase by a knockout in nine, Sheppard by a decision in ten and Bivins by a knockout in nine. He also defeated Bert Lydell, by a decision in ten. Moore had 14 fights in 1948, losing again to Charles by a knockout in nine, losing to Bivins by a knockout in the first, to Henry Hall by a decision in ten and to Lloyd Gibson by a disqualification in four. | |
