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Davey Moore Record

18-5
Total Fights23
Wins18
Losses5
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins1
Title Defenses3
Title-Fight KOs4
KO Wins14
KO Losses3
Davey Moore Record & Stats
Davey Moore's Record
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      What is Davey Moore's boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      23Apr 30, 198828Gary CoatesWinTKO6
      22Mar 18, 198828Hector RosarioWinTKO4
      21Jul 21, 198728John David JacksonLossUD
      20Apr 6, 198727Lupe AquinoLossTKO5
      19Mar 11, 198727Cecil PettigrewWinUD
      18Aug 24, 198627Buster DraytonLoss *TKO10
      17Apr 4, 198626Victor ClaudioWinTKO2
      16Dec 10, 198425Louis AcarièsLossDQ
      15Jul 14, 198425Wilfred BenítezWinTKO2
      14Mar 14, 198424Monte OswaldWinKO3
      13Jun 16, 198324Roberto DuránLoss *TKO8
      12Jan 29, 198323Gary GuidenWin *KO4
      11Jul 17, 198223Ayub KaluleWin *TKO10
      10Apr 26, 198222Charlie WeirWin *KO5
      9Feb 2, 198222Tadashi MiharaWin *KO6
      8Oct 31, 198122Mike HerronWinTKO7
      7Jun 1, 198121Kevin RooneyWinTKO7
      6May 23, 198121Joseph NsubugaWinTKO1
      5Mar 28, 198121Tony SueroWinTKO4
      4Feb 8, 198121Jeff PasseroWinTKO3
      3Jan 17, 198121Felix NanceWinUD
      2Dec 20, 198021Teddy WhiteWinPTS
      1Nov 1, 198021Jesus SaucedoWinPTS

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Feb 2, 1982Tadashi MiharaSuper-welterweightWBAKO

      Title Defenses

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Jan 29, 1983Gary GuidenSuper-welterweightWBAKO
      Jul 17, 1982Ayub KaluleSuper-welterweightWBATKO
      Apr 26, 1982Charlie WeirSuper-welterweightWBAKO

      Title Losses

      Davey Moore lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Jun 16, 1983Roberto DuránSuper-welterweightWBATKO

      Highlights

      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.

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