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Archie Moore Boxing Autograph
Action photograph against Muhammad Ali that
is signed by Boxing Legend Archie Moore. Now deceased a
very rare signature.
Archie Moore
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ARCHIE MOORE fought for an incredible 27 years and knocked
out more opponents -- 141 victims -- than anyone else in
the history of boxing. He became the light heavyweight champion
at the age of 39 and is the only man to have fought both
Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali.
Moore, who turned pro in 1936, debuted in the world rankings
as a middleweight in the early 1940s. By 1945, Moore moved
up to light heavyweight and although he was continually
passed over for a title shot, he remained a fixture in the
175-pound rankings. Finally, in 1952, four days after his
39th birthday, Moore secured a shot against light heavyweight
champion Joey Maxim. He won the title by decision and held
onto it for nearly a decade.
In 1955, Moore attempted to win the heavyweight title from
Rocky Marciano. Although he dropped Marciano early in the
fight, Marciano rallied and stopped Moore in the ninth round.
A year later, after Marciano retired, Moore met Floyd Patterson
for the vacant heavyweight crown but was stopped in five.
Although he fell to bigger men, Moore was nearly unbeatable
at light heavyweight. He made nine title defenses and engaged
in memorable contests with Maxim, Yvon Durelle and Harold
Johnson. In his first fight with Durelle, the Canadian challenger
dropped more three times in the first round and once in
the fifth round. But Archie responded by dropping Durelle
in the seventh and knocking him out in the 11th round.
Moore would eventually be stripped of the light heavyweight
title by the NBA and the New York State Athletic Commission.
So he simply continued to battle bigger men. He knocked
out former Olympic heavyweight champion Pete Rademacher
in 1961 and was stopped by Ali in 1962. Moore's age is listed
as 49 at the time of the Ali fight, but some ring experts
insist he was actually older since his date of birth has
been disputed. Moore retired after one fight -- a third-round
TKO of Mike DiBiase -- in 1963.
All totaled, Moore fought nine world champions and seven
Hall-of-Famers. He had multi-fight series with some of the
game's top fighters. He won four of five fights from Jimmy
Bivins and Harold Johnson, he won all three fights against
Maxim and lost all three of his fights against Ezzard Charles.
Moore remained active in boxing as a trainer. He once worked
with a young Ali and later with heavyweight champion George
Foreman. Archie Moore was Foreman's trainer for the Rumble
in the Jungle
