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Total Fights | 68 |
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Wins | 59 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 1 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 5 |
Title-Fight KOs | 4 |
KO Wins | 30 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning nine years and 10 months, Davey S. Moore fought 68 times with 59 wins, 7 losses, and 1 draw.
Moore's boxing record after his last fight was 59-7-1, which included one world-championship elevation, three world-title wins, and five successful title defense fights at the featherweight weight division. He had a 44.8% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 30 of his total 68 fights being knockout wins, four of which were in title fights. Moore suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Sugar Ramos in a featherweight title fight.
His last fight was a 10th round RTD defeat to Sugar Ramos on March 21, 1963. Moore lost the undisputed featherweight championship in this loss.
Some of Moore's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hogan Bassey, Olli Mäki, Danny Valdez, Felix Cervantes, Kid Irapuato, Gil Cadilli, and Mario Diaz.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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68 | Mar 21, 1963 | 29 | Sugar Ramos | Loss * | RTD10 |
67 | Feb 18, 1963 | 29 | Gil Cadilli | Win | TKO5 |
66 | Feb 18, 1963 | 29 | Fili Nava | Win | UD |
65 | Aug 17, 1962 | 28 | Olli Mäki | Win * | TKO2 |
64 | Jul 9, 1962 | 28 | Mario Diaz | Win | KO2 |
63 | Mar 9, 1962 | 28 | Cisco Andrade | Win | TKO7 |
62 | Nov 13, 1961 | 28 | Kazuo Takayama | Win * | UD |
61 | Oct 12, 1961 | 27 | Felix Cervantes | Win | KO5 |
60 | Sep 19, 1961 | 27 | Kid Irapuato | Win | TKO6 |
59 | Jul 17, 1961 | 27 | Felix Cervantes | Win | UD |
58 | Jul 6, 1961 | 27 | Gil Cadilli | Win | UD |
57 | Apr 8, 1961 | 27 | Danny Valdez | Win * | KO1 |
56 | Feb 10, 1961 | 27 | Ray Nobile | Win | PTS |
55 | Jan 27, 1961 | 27 | Fred Galiana | Win | TKO4 |
54 | Jan 9, 1961 | 27 | Gracieux Lamperti | Win | PTS |
53 | Dec 3, 1960 | 27 | Rudy Corona | Win | KO7 |
52 | Nov 27, 1960 | 27 | David Camacho | Win | KO8 |
51 | Aug 29, 1960 | 26 | Kazuo Takayama | Win * | UD |
50 | Aug 1, 1960 | 26 | Kid Irapuato | Win | UD |
49 | Jul 20, 1960 | 26 | Frank Valdez | Win | TKO6 |
48 | Mar 17, 1960 | 26 | Carlos Hernandez | Loss | RTD7 |
47 | Feb 22, 1960 | 26 | Sergio Caprari | Win | TKO8 |
46 | Dec 14, 1959 | 26 | Hilario Morales | Win | UD |
45 | Oct 20, 1959 | 25 | Bobby Neill | Win | TKO1 |
44 | Aug 19, 1959 | 25 | Hogan Bassey | Win * | RTD11 |
43 | Mar 18, 1959 | 25 | Hogan Bassey | Win * | RTD13 |
42 | Dec 11, 1958 | 25 | Ricardo Moreno | Win | KO1 |
41 | Sep 25, 1958 | 24 | Kid Anahuac | Win | UD |
40 | Jul 28, 1958 | 24 | Kid Anahuac | Win | SD |
39 | Jun 19, 1958 | 24 | Lauro Salas | Win | UD |
38 | May 24, 1958 | 24 | Roberto Garcia | Win | UD |
37 | Mar 6, 1958 | 24 | Vince Delgado | Win | KO3 |
36 | Feb 20, 1958 | 24 | Fili Nava | Win | UD |
35 | Jan 9, 1958 | 24 | Victor Manuel Quijano | Win | TKO9 |
34 | Nov 8, 1957 | 24 | Jose Luis Cotero | Win | UD |
33 | Aug 14, 1957 | 23 | Victor Manuel Quijano | Win | SD |
32 | Jul 5, 1957 | 23 | Isidro Martinez | Win | UD |
31 | Jun 13, 1957 | 23 | Buddy McDonald | Win | UD |
30 | Apr 10, 1957 | 23 | Gil Cadilli | Win | UD |
29 | Nov 7, 1956 | 23 | Bobby Rogers | Loss | PTS |
28 | Oct 10, 1956 | 22 | Jimmy DeMura | Win | PTS |
27 | Jun 5, 1956 | 22 | Charlie Slaughter | Win | KO4 |
26 | Dec 16, 1955 | 22 | Jimmy Hackney | Win | DQ |
25 | Oct 17, 1955 | 21 | Nat Jackson | Win | KO2 |
24 | Sep 19, 1955 | 21 | Ray Riojas | Win | UD |
23 | Jul 16, 1955 | 21 | Santiago Martinez | Loss | PTS |
22 | May 15, 1955 | 21 | Pedro Tesis | Win | PTS |
21 | May 1, 1955 | 21 | Isidro Martinez | Loss | PTS |
20 | Jan 18, 1955 | 21 | John Barnes | Win | UD |
19 | Dec 7, 1954 | 21 | Eddie Burgin | Win | TKO9 |
18 | Oct 25, 1954 | 20 | Dick Armstrong | Win | TKO6 |
17 | Jun 29, 1954 | 20 | Herky Kaminsky | Win | UD |
16 | May 18, 1954 | 20 | Herky Kaminsky | Draw | PTS |
15 | Apr 20, 1954 | 20 | Charley Riley | Win | MD |
14 | Apr 8, 1954 | 20 | Jack Ingram | Win | KO1 |
13 | Apr 1, 1954 | 20 | Leo Carter | Win | TKO2 |
12 | Mar 13, 1954 | 20 | Bob Keeling | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Feb 4, 1954 | 20 | Jackie Blair | Loss | UD |
10 | Jan 5, 1954 | 20 | Eddie Crawford | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Nov 20, 1953 | 20 | Eddie Cooper | Win | KO3 |
8 | Oct 22, 1953 | 19 | Raul Prado | NC | NC |
7 | Oct 3, 1953 | 19 | Russell Tague | Loss | PTS |
6 | Aug 29, 1953 | 19 | Ed Hughes | Win | KO4 |
5 | Jul 10, 1953 | 19 | Eddie Gonzales | Win | KO1 |
4 | Jun 15, 1953 | 19 | Dick Armstrong | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Jun 1, 1953 | 19 | Terry Book | Win | PTS |
2 | May 25, 1953 | 19 | Ralph Capone | Win | PTS |
1 | May 11, 1953 | 19 | Willie Reece | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Davey S. Moore (Springfield Rifle) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. on November 1, 1933. He was a featherweight world champion. Moore died on March 25, 1963 at the age of 29 years. His professional boxing career spanned more than 9 years — from 1953 to 1963.
Moore made his professional boxing debut against Willie Reece at the age of 19 on May 11, 1953, defeating Reece via 6 round unanimous decision. He went on to win 5 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 3 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on March 18, 1959 after 42 professional fights, against Hogan Bassey for the featherweight NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Bassey via 13th round RTD to become the featherweight champion of the world.
Moore won one world title at featherweight. He was elevated as world champion once. For all the details about Moore's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Moore had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was for the featherweight undisputed championship title against Mexican boxer Sugar Ramos at 29 years of age, on March 21, 1963. Moore lost the fight via 10th round RTD, and lost his WBA and The Ring titles.
Moore had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and five successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost one.
Davey S. Moore fought for a featherweight world title in two fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one featherweight belt. He was elevated as world champion once, by WBA.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 18, 1959 | Hogan Bassey | Featherweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | RTD |
Davey S. Moore had six featherweight world-title defense fights. He won five of them and lost only 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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Aug 17, 1962 | Olli Mäki | Featherweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | TKO |
Nov 13, 1961 | Kazuo Takayama | Featherweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Apr 8, 1961 | Danny Valdez | Featherweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | KO |
Aug 29, 1960 | Kazuo Takayama | Featherweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Aug 19, 1959 | Hogan Bassey | Featherweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | RTD |
Davey S. Moore lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 21, 1963 | Sugar Ramos | Featherweight | WBA, The Ring | RTD |
Moore fought a total of 68 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at the featherweight division. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances in his fights. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
March 18, 1959: Moore wins his first world titles by defeating Hogan Bassey via 13th round RTD. He is now the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring featherweight world champion.
August 19, 1959: Moore successfully defends the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring featherweight titles against Hogan Bassey, winning the fight via 11th round RTD.
April 8, 1961: Moore successfully defends the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring featherweight titles against Danny Valdez, winning the fight via 1st round KO.
August 17, 1962: Moore successfully defends the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring featherweight titles against Olli Mäki, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
Moore knocked out 30 of his 68 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 44.8%. Of his total 59 wins, 30 of them were via KO (50.8%).
Moore's first world-title win were the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring belts at featherweight. He defeated Hogan Bassey via 13 round RTD to win the titles.
Moore won one world title at featherweight.
Moore had a total of six title defense fights. He was successful five times and lost one time.