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Archie Moore Part 5

    After his classic battle with Yvon Durelle on December 10, 1958, Archie Moore returned to the heavyweight division on March 9, 1959 in Odessa, Texas. It took Archie only three rounds to stop a professional wrestler named Sterling Davis. Five months later, he dropped back down to light heavyweight, and traveled back to

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Archie Moore Part 4

  Archie Moore fought for the heavyweight championship of the world for the second time on November 30, 1956, at Chicago Stadium in Chicago. It was for the vacant title left open when Rocky Marciano announced his retirement on April 27 of that same year. Floyd Patterson was his opponent, and he stopped Archie in

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Archie Moore Part 3

Archie returned to ring after the loss to Marciano on February 20, 1956 with a first round knockout of Howard King in San Francisco. In just one week. Moore knocked out Bob Dunlap at the San Diego Arena. In less than three weeks, he was in Hollywood, California, and won a ten round decision over

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Archie Moore Part 1

Archie Moore was born Archibald Lee Wright on December 13, 1913 in Benoit, Mississippi. A troubled youth led to a three-year stay at a reform school, but was released for good behavior after twenty-two months. In 1933, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, where he began training to become a boxer. His early career is

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