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Total Fights | 23 |
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Wins | 18 |
Losses | 5 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 4 |
KO Wins | 14 |
KO Losses | 3 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning seven years and five months, Davey Moore fought 23 times with 18 wins and 5 losses.
Moore's boxing record after his last fight was 18-5, which included one super-welterweight world-title win and three successful title defense fights. He had a 60.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 14 of his total 23 fights being knockout wins, four of which were in title fights. Moore suffered three knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Gary Coates on April 30, 1988.
Some of Moore's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Wilfred Benítez, Gary Guiden, Ayub Kalule, Charlie Weir, Tadashi Mihara, Monte Oswald, and Victor Claudio.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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23 | Apr 30, 1988 | 28 | Gary Coates | Win | TKO6 |
22 | Mar 18, 1988 | 28 | Hector Rosario | Win | TKO4 |
21 | Jul 21, 1987 | 28 | John David Jackson | Loss | UD |
20 | Apr 6, 1987 | 27 | Lupe Aquino | Loss | TKO5 |
19 | Mar 11, 1987 | 27 | Cecil Pettigrew | Win | UD |
18 | Aug 24, 1986 | 27 | Buster Drayton | Loss * | TKO10 |
17 | Apr 4, 1986 | 26 | Victor Claudio | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Dec 10, 1984 | 25 | Louis Acariès | Loss | DQ |
15 | Jul 14, 1984 | 25 | Wilfred Benítez | Win | TKO2 |
14 | Mar 14, 1984 | 24 | Monte Oswald | Win | KO3 |
13 | Jun 16, 1983 | 24 | Roberto Durán | Loss * | TKO8 |
12 | Jan 29, 1983 | 23 | Gary Guiden | Win * | KO4 |
11 | Jul 17, 1982 | 23 | Ayub Kalule | Win * | TKO10 |
10 | Apr 26, 1982 | 22 | Charlie Weir | Win * | KO5 |
9 | Feb 2, 1982 | 22 | Tadashi Mihara | Win * | KO6 |
8 | Oct 31, 1981 | 22 | Mike Herron | Win | TKO7 |
7 | Jun 1, 1981 | 21 | Kevin Rooney | Win | TKO7 |
6 | May 23, 1981 | 21 | Joseph Nsubuga | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Mar 28, 1981 | 21 | Tony Suero | Win | TKO4 |
4 | Feb 8, 1981 | 21 | Jeff Passero | Win | TKO3 |
3 | Jan 17, 1981 | 21 | Felix Nance | Win | UD |
2 | Dec 20, 1980 | 21 | Teddy White | Win | PTS |
1 | Nov 1, 1980 | 21 | Jesus Saucedo | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Davey Moore (Bronx) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Bronx, New York on June 9, 1959. He was a super-welterweight world champion. He died on June 3, 1988 at the age of 28 years. Moore was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2021. His professional boxing career spanned more than 7 years — from 1980 to 1988.
Moore made his professional boxing debut against Jesus Saucedo at the age of 21 on November 1, 1980, defeating Saucedo via 6 round PTS. He went on to win 11 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on February 2, 1982 after 8 professional fights, against Tadashi Mihara for the super-welterweight WBA title. He defeated Mihara via 6th round KO to become the super-welterweight champion of the world.
Moore won one world title at super-welterweight. For all the details about Moore's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Moore had a total of five losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Gary Coates at 28 years of age, on April 30, 1988. Moore won the fight via 6th round TKO.
Moore had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost two.
Davey Moore fought for a super-welterweight world title in two fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one super-welterweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 2, 1982 | Tadashi Mihara | Super-welterweight | WBA | KO |
Davey Moore had four super-welterweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jan 29, 1983 | Gary Guiden | Super-welterweight | WBA | KO |
Jul 17, 1982 | Ayub Kalule | Super-welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Apr 26, 1982 | Charlie Weir | Super-welterweight | WBA | KO |
Davey Moore lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 16, 1983 | Roberto Durán | Super-welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Moore fought a total of 23 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at the super-welterweight division. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
February 2, 1982: Moore wins his first world title by defeating Tadashi Mihara via 6th round KO. He is now the WBA super-welterweight world champion.
April 26, 1982: Moore successfully defends the WBA super-welterweight title against Charlie Weir, winning the fight via 5th round KO.
July 17, 1982: Moore successfully defends the WBA super-welterweight title against Ayub Kalule, winning the fight via 10th round TKO.
January 29, 1983: Moore successfully defends the WBA super-welterweight title against Gary Guiden, winning the fight via 4th round KO.
July 14, 1984: Davey Moore beats Wilfred Benítez via 2nd round TKO.
Moore knocked out 14 of his 23 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 60.9%. Of his total 18 wins, 14 of them were via KO (77.8%).
Moore's first world-title win was the WBA belt at super-welterweight. He defeated Tadashi Mihara via 6 round KO to win the title.
Moore won one world title at super-welterweight.
Moore had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost one time.