davey moore

[mickey malone]

I remember the Moore Duran fight very well at the time it was thought that Moore would finish off Duran's career ironically Duran pretty much ruined Moore. I don't think many fighters would have lived with Duran that night especially a relatively young inexperienced fighter. Agree Moore's corner left him in far too long, had they have pulled him out he could have absorbed the lessons and come back a better fighter. Many don't realise how high Moore was rated at that time.

Spot! I'm pretty sure he was in the P4P lists at the time & it was considered a remarkable shock that 'Piedra' had won.. Won quite brutally to.. Remember Moore having a lot of damage to his mouth & was bleeding heavily through the gumshield..
Would have liked to have seen Duran settle at L/M

Can you imagine ?

Duran Jackson
Duran Mugabe
Duran Mc Callum
Duran Graham

[cotto16]

Spot! I'm pretty sure he was in the P4P lists at the time & it was considered a remarkable shock that 'Piedra' had won.. Won quite brutally to.. Remember Moore having a lot of damage to his mouth & was bleeding heavily through the gumshield..
Would have liked to have seen Duran settle at L/M

Can you imagine ?

Duran Jackson
Duran Mugabe
Duran Mc Callum
Duran Graham

Yeah i agree with you there once duran lefet lightweight he never again settled at one weight, i always think who would of tuck duran vs mccallum they were due to meet but roberto went after hearns

[Southpaw16BF]

Here is some footage of Moore, besides the Duran fight. Which most only remember him by and the only fight they have saw.
Davey Moore Vs. Gary Guiden




Davey Moore vs Charlie Weir

[BattlingNelson]

I remember him most from the Duran fight, but also for his fight with Kalule, who fought out of my country. Kalule was on the downside of his career but was favoured against the inexperienced Moore. I think this was Moore's 12 pro fight or so.

Moore surprised a lot of people and stopped Kalule giving him his only second defeat. After that I knew that Kalule was finished and had very high expectations of Moore.

[mickey malone]

i remember him best for his fight against roberto duran...

besides that, all i know is he KOed wilfred benitez in their fight...

thats about it...

can the more knowledgeable posters here enlighten me abut him? was he the lineal champion @ the time duran fought him? was he "the man" @ that division during that time?

was he a force to contend with pre-duran?

thanks people...

OH... This one again....
Touted as the best thing since sliced bread...
Won the WBA L/M title (unbeaten)
Gets battered (badly) by Duran...
Gets run over by his own car....
Game over...
Not being funny or disrespectful, but that's it..... RIP

[talip bin osman]

anyone on board thinks paul williams can hang with him though?

[cotto16]

anyone on board thinks paul williams can hang with him though?

To be honest i think he would of beat williams.

[Gettin Jiggy]

him and the duran fight, what a fight!

[sonnyboyx2]

i remember him best for his fight against roberto duran...

besides that, all i know is he KOed wilfred benitez in their fight...

thats about it...

can the more knowledgeable posters here enlighten me abut him? was he the lineal champion @ the time duran fought him? was he "the man" @ that division during that time?

was he a force to contend with pre-duran?

thanks people...

Davey Moore was a good fighter but Mike McCallum was "the man" at light-middleweight

[Silencers]

Moore was a very, very good amateur that was probably matched against a great fighter like Duran way too early in his career, big things were expected of him but he was never the same after that beating he took from Duran. Can't really blame his management for putting him in against Duran though, Duran was going through of his rough patches in his career, his management probably thought Duran was a good name to add to his resume.