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Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1913 – December 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (1952 – 1962). He had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport, competing from 1935 to 1963.
Archie Moore was a light heavyweight boxer who held the world title for over 10 years. He fought 220 bouts, winning 186, with 132 knockouts, and faced legends like Ali, Rademacher, and Durelle.
Archie Moore was an American boxer, world light-heavyweight champion from Dec. 17, 1952, when he defeated Joey Maxim in 15 rounds in St. Louis, Mo., until 1962, when he lost recognition as champion for failing to meet Harold Johnson, the leading 175-lb (80-kg) challenger.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Grew Up in St. Louis
- Makes Professional Debut
- Chronology
- Wins Light-Heavyweight Title in 1952
- Author, Actor, and Philanthropist
- Awards and Accomplishments
- Moore's Legacy
- Any Boy Can: The Archie Moore Story
- Selected Writings by Moore
- Further Information
Archibald Lee Wright was born on December 13, 1913 in Benoit, a small town in the Mississippi Delta. His parents, Lorena and Thomas Wright, worked as farm laborers and separated not long after their son was born. Taken in by his aunt, Willie Pearl Moore, and her husband, Cleveland, he moved to St. Louis to live with the couple and took their surnam...
Moore continued to box as an amateur through much of 1936, when he fought in St. Louis and Cleveland with mixed results. In mid-1936 he turned professional and claimed his first win against Kneibert Davidson in two rounds. The following year a string of knockout victories earned Moore the reputation as a powerful and skillful fighter. At five-feet,...
With his recovery delayed by an appendicitis attack, it took the boxer almost a year to regain his health. Taking a job as a night watchman at a San Diego shipyard, Moore exercised regularly to retrain his muscles and increase his strength. Before reentering the ring against Bobby Britt in Phoenix in January 1942, Moore slipped a metal license plat...
The Maxim-Moore fight took place in St. Louis and the hometown support helped Moore take thirteen of the fight's fifteen rounds, winning by a unanimous decision. Moore defended the title against Maxim in a June 1953 fight in Utah, which he won in another fifteen-round decision. In their third and final meeting, Moore repeated the feat and retained ...
After four divorces, Moore married Joan Hardy in August 1955; the couple remained married for the rest of Moore's life. With the money from his title fights—the bout against Marciano alone brought in over $270,000—Moore invested in his own training camp located just northwest of San Diego, which he christened "The Salt Mine." Among the fighters who...
As Moore's boxing career drew to a close, he received an unexpected offer to star in the film adaptation of Mark Twain's classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the role of Jim, the runaway slave. When it was released in 1960 the film received lukewarm reviews, with Moore's performance judged to be better than the movie itself. Coincidi...
After the ABC program was opened to female participants, it changed its name to Any Body Can and continued to serve the youth of San Diego through the 1970s. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan appointed Moore to the Project Build program, which brought sports programs to public-housing residents. He was also honored with the Rocky Marciano Memorial Aw...
In 1962 I hung up my gloves after a match with Cassius Clay, now known as Muhammad Ali. I knew long before this that Clay was going to be a great fighter, probably one of the greatest heavyweights of all time, but for a while it looked like he wouldn't have a chance to prove it. The reason I fought him in 1962 was not because of me wanting to fight...
The Archie Moore Story, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. (With Leonard B. Pearl) Any Boy Can: The Archie Moore Story,Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1971.
Books
Douroux, Marilyn. Archie Moore: The Ole Mongoose.Boston: Branden Publishing Company, 1991. Moore, Archie, and Leonard B. Pearl. Any Boy Can: The Archie Moore Story.Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1971. Moore, Archie. The Archie Moore Story. New York: Mc-Graw-Hill Book Company, 1960.
Periodicals
Hirsley, Michael. "Archie Moore Dies at 84." Chicago Tribune(December 9, 1998). Katz, Michael. "Light Heavyweight Archie Moore Dies in San Diego." New York Daily News(December 10, 1998). Kindred, Dave. "A Celebration of Life." Sporting News(December 21, 1998): 62. Lyon, Bill. "Archie Moore Treated Boxing with Reverence." Philadelphia Inquirer(December 11, 1998). O'Brien, Richard, with Mark Mravic. "A Smiling Champion." Sports Illustrated(December 21, 1998): 30.
Other
"Cyber Boxing Champion Archie Moore." The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia,. http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/amoore.htm(September 25, 2002). Sketch by Timothy Borden
Dec 10, 1998 · Archie Moore, the fighter whose legendary career spanned almost three decades and who won the light-heavyweight championship when he was well into his 30's, died yesterday at a hospice...
Jun 16, 2023 · Moore has a record of 8-8-1 (2 KOs) against former, current, and future world champions: Won against Harold Johnson (4 times), Joey Maxim (3 times), Bobo Olson . Lost against Teddy Yarosz , Ezzard Charles (3 times), Harold Johnson , Rocky Marciano , Floyd Patterson , Muhammad Ali .
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Archie Moore was an enduring sort in the most literal sense. The Old Mongoose fought for 27 years. Consider that he made his professional debut during the Depression, got his first title shot...
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