M. Moorer Best Light HW Ever

[TheGreat1]

Record Mike Moorer Time


| Referee: Frank Cappuccino | Judge: Bill McConkey 70-60 | Judge: Chuck Williams 70-61 | Judge: Paddy Grimes 70-60 ~
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

1990-08-21 177 Jim MacDonald 29-9-0
The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI, USA W TKO 3 0
1990-04-28 174 Mario Oscar Melo 174 18-4-0
Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City, NJ, USA W KO 1 12
~ Time: 1:52 | Referee: Joe O'Neil | Judge: Frank Cairo | Judge: Tomas Vasquez | Judge: Ismael W. Fernandez ~
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

1990-02-03 175 Marcellus Allen 175 12-0-0
Convention Hall, Atlantic City, NJ, USA W TKO 9 12
~ Referee: Frank Cappuccino | Judge: Antonio Palermo 90-80 | Judge: Robert Balogh 90-81 | Judge: Frank Brunette 89-81 ~
WBO Light Heavyweight Title
Corner Retirement

1989-12-22 175 Mike Sedillo 175 22-6-0
The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI, USA W TKO 6 12
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

1989-11-16 175 Jeff Thompson 175 20-1-0
International Hotel & Resorts, Atlantic City, NJ, USA W TKO 1 12
~ Time: 1:46 ~
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

1989-06-25 173 Leslie Stewart 27-4-0
Convention Center, Atlantic City, NJ, USA W TKO 8 12
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

1989-04-22 171 Freddie Delgado 171 16-0-1
The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI, USA W TKO 1 12
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

1989-02-19 174 Frankie Swindell 175 15-2-0
Monessen, PA, USA W TKO 6 12
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

1989-01-14 175 Victor Claudio 173¼ 11-6-0
The Palace, Auburn Hills, MI, USA W TKO 2 12
~ Referee: Sam Williams ~
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

1988-12-03 174½

thanks, good info. I see alot of early KO's

[The Troll]

Dariusz Michalczewski record

Derrick Harmon 174¾ 23-3-0
W KO 9
~ Referee: Eddie Cotton ~
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

174¾ Richard Hall 174¾ 25-3-0
W TKO 10
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

174¾ Joey DeGrandis 174 29-4-0
W KO 2
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

174½ Richard Hall 173½ 25-2-0
W TKO 11
WBO Light Heavyweight Title


175 Alejandro Lakatus 174½ 15-0-1
W KO 9
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

174 Ka-Dy King 174 24-3-0
W TKO 7
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

175 Graciano Rocchigiani 175 40-4-1
W TKO 10
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

175 Montell Griffin 175 38-2-0
W TKO 4
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

174¼ ****** Biarslanov 174¾ 24-3-1
W TKO 7
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

174 Drake Thadzi 30-8-1
W TKO 9
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

174¾ Mark Prince 173¾ 18-0-0
W KO 8
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

Andrea Magi 175 20-3-0
W TKO 4
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

175 Darren Zenner 175 21-2-2
W TKO 6
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

175 Nicky Piper 174½ 26-4-2
W TKO 7
WBO Light Heavyweight Title


Virgil Hill 173¾ 43-1-0
W UD 12
WBA Light Heavyweight Title
WBO Light Heavyweight Title
IBF Light Heavyweight Title

Christophe Girard 31-3-0
W TKO 8
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

Graciano Rocchigiani 173 38-3-1
W DQ 7 ~
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

Christophe Girard 175 31-2-0
W UD 12
~ WBO Light Heavyweight Title

Asluddin Umarov 174¼ 15-2-0
W TKO 5
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

Philippe Michel 173 20-3-0
W UD 12
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

175 Everardo Armenta 174½ 20-5-0
W KO 5
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

172¾ Paul Carlo 174¼ 17-2-0
W KO 4
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

Roberto Dominguez Perez 173 17-2-0
W KO 2
WBO Light Heavyweight Title


Néstor Hipólito Giovannini 182 36-7-3
W KO 10
WBO Cruiserweight Title

Leeonzer Barber 174 19-1-0
W UD 12
WBO Light Heavyweight Title

[AintGottaClue]

lookign at ezzard charles record, he really has only beat archie moore and joey maxim there, also he has never won a light heavy title, it seems to me that charles had a better career at heavy then light heavy maybe we should take him off the list

[Yogi]

thanks, good info. I see alot of early KO's

You see a lot of early KO's, but my own curiousity got the better of me and I decided to see just who Moorer was knocking out. So I took a look at a bunch of Ring ratings from the time when Moorer was fighting in the light heavyweight division (around 89/90), and besides Leslie Stewart, the only other Moorer opponent who was ranked in ANY of the numerous rankings I looked at was Mike Sedillo (ranked 9th in Feb 1990 edition). That's it.

Sorry, but there's no ****ing way a fighter is going to get all-time consideration by beating only TWO fighters who were thought of as being good enough to warrant a top ten spot in that division or any division.

[Yogi]

lookign at ezzard charles record, he really has only beat archie moore and joey maxim there, also he has never won a light heavy title, it seems to me that charles had a better career at heavy then light heavy maybe we should take him off the list

I think you need to look a little bit harder if all you see on Charles' light heavyweight resume are the names of Archie Moore and Joey Maxim.

You can start with Booker Beckwith (who Charles KO'd), who was the number one light heavyweight contender in November of 1941. Or Teddy Yarosz, who was a mainstay in the light heavyweight rankings throughout much of that time. Or Anton Christoforidis (KO'd by Charles), who was a former NBA light heavyweight champion and highly ranked contender when he met Charles. Or Elmer "Violent" Ray, who was the most feared and biggest punching heavyweight of those days (it's been said Joe Louis was reluctant to give Ray a title shot). Or a couple of the famed "Muderer's Row" members, Lloyd Marshall and HOF'er, Jimmy Bivins, both which Charles defeated on a number of occasions. Oakland Billy Smith, Sam Baroudi, etc...

Charles beat a hell of a lot more than just Moore and Maxim during his light heavyweight tenure, my friend.

[Tha Greatest]

Moorer I hear was a crazy light heavyweight

He should have stayed with Emanuel

[AintGottaClue]

I think you need to look a little bit harder if all you see on Charles' light heavyweight resume are the names of Archie Moore and Joey Maxim.

You can start with Booker Beckwith (who Charles KO'd), who was the number one light heavyweight contender in November of 1941. Or Teddy Yarosz, who was a mainstay in the light heavyweight rankings throughout much of that time. Or Anton Christoforidis (KO'd by Charles), who was a former NBA light heavyweight champion and highly ranked contender when he met Charles. Or Elmer "Violent" Ray, who was the most feared and biggest punching heavyweight of those days (it's been said Joe Louis was reluctant to give Ray a title shot). Or a couple of the famed "Muderer's Row" members, Lloyd Marshall and HOF'er, Jimmy Bivins, both which Charles defeated on a number of occasions. Oakland Billy Smith, Sam Baroudi, etc...

Charles beat a hell of a lot more than just Moore and Maxim during his light heavyweight tenure, my friend.

never heard of any of them guys, and he lost to ray first

[Knicksman20]

Moorer could've given any all time Lt. Heavy a good fight because: 1- He was a big for that weight class, like 6'2 or 6'3. 2-Had monster power in both hands & was a very aggressive fighter. 3- His chin was better at that weight than heavy. He jumped 2 weight classes to fight the big boys & did well for a while. His lack of focus in/out of the ring was his downfall.

[realheavyhands]

moore beat maxim ,harold johnson both hall of famers and held the belt till he was 48 best ever is archie moore..woulda beat marciano if the ref aint cheat

[The Troll]

By the way Virgil Hill fought both Michalczewski and Jones. In fact he fought Jones the fight right after he lost to Michalczewski and he said Michalczewski would beat Jones if they fought in his opinion at Lt Heavyweight.

Virgil Hill is an overlooked Lt Heavyweight as well if you look at his record. He lost to Thomas Hearns in 1991, Michalczewski in June 1997, Jones in April 1998. Those are his only losses at Lt Heavy.

He should be in the top 10 Lt Heavyweights of all time.

He made 12 defences of the WBA Lt Heavyweight title before loosing to Hearns in 1991. Then he made 10 more defences of the WBA Lt Heavyweight title before loosing to Michalczewski in 1997. And he captured the IBF Lt Heavyweight title as well before loosing to Michalczewski in June 1997.