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Denny Moyer Record

98-38-4
Total Fights141
Wins98
Losses38
Draws4
No-Contests1
Title Wins2
Title Defenses1
Title-Fight KOs0
KO Wins25
KO Losses7
Denny Moyer Record & Stats
Denny Moyer's Record
Denny Moyer's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Denny Moyer's boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and seven months, Denny Moyer fought 141 times with 98 wins, 38 losses, and 4 draws.

      Moyer retired from professional boxing with a record of 98-38-4, which included two super-welterweight world-title wins and one successful title defense fight. He had a 17.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 25 of his total 141 fights being knockout wins. Moyer suffered seven knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Carlos Monzón in a middleweight title fight.

      His last fight was a 10 round PTS defeat to Franz Csandl on March 18, 1975.

      Some of Moyer's best fights and notable victories include wins over three Hall-of-Famers (Sugar Ray Robinson, Emile Griffith, and Tony DeMarco), Benny Paret and Virgil Akins.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      141Mar 18, 197535Franz CsandlLossPTS
      140Feb 3, 197535Rafael RodriguezLossUD
      139Dec 11, 197435Rocky DiFazioWinTKO10
      138Nov 21, 197435Poul KnudsenLossPTS
      137Oct 25, 197435Vicente MedinaWinUD
      136Sep 9, 197435Vito AntuofermoLossUD
      135Aug 16, 197435Rudy CruzWinMD
      134Jun 28, 197434Vicente MedinaWinUD
      133Jun 13, 197434Mike LankesterWinKO10
      132May 29, 197434Battling La'avasiaLossUD
      131Apr 18, 197434Jean MateoWinUD
      130Mar 29, 197434Renato GarciaLossSD
      129Feb 20, 197434Eckhard DaggeLossPTS
      128Dec 14, 197334Fighting MackLossUD
      127Oct 30, 197334Melvin DennisLossSD
      126Oct 2, 197334Tony LicataLossUD
      125Aug 24, 197334Pat O'ConnorWinSD
      124Jun 21, 197333John L. SullivanLossSD
      123Jun 7, 197333Pat O'ConnorWinSD
      122May 6, 197333Manuel FierroLossUD
      121Mar 22, 197333Mario MarquezWinUD
      120Mar 7, 197333George DavisWinUD
      119Feb 21, 197333Walter KellyWinUD
      118Jan 30, 197333Nojim MaiyegunLossPTS
      117Dec 20, 197233Chucho GarciaWinUD
      116Sep 6, 197233Art HernandezLossSD
      115Jul 26, 197232Carlos Alberto SalinasWinUD
      114Jul 5, 197232Art DavisWinUD
      113May 31, 197232Tony MundineLossTKO7
      112May 11, 197232Carlos Alberto SalinasWinMD
      111Mar 4, 197232Carlos MonzónLoss *TKO5
      110Feb 15, 197232Gene BryantWinUD
      109Dec 15, 197132Aristeo ChavarinWinUD
      108Sep 21, 197132Eugene HartNCNC
      107Sep 7, 197132Gene BryantWinUD
      106Jul 28, 197131Mike PusateriWinTKO6
      105Jun 19, 197131José Roberto ChirinoWinUD
      104Apr 21, 197131Dave OropezaWinTKO6
      103Mar 30, 197131Jimmy LesterWinUD
      102Mar 5, 197131Raul SorianoWinUD
      101Feb 10, 197131Art HernandezWinUD
      100Jan 1, 197131Raul SorianoWinUD
      99Dec 16, 197031Orlando de la FuentesWinUD
      98Nov 4, 197031Rafael GutierrezDrawMD
      97Sep 30, 197031Jesse ArmentaWinRTD4
      96Aug 10, 197031Mike SeylerWinTKO9
      95Jul 9, 197030Fraser ScottLossTKO8
      94Apr 29, 197030Nate WilliamsLossTKO9
      93Feb 25, 197030Eddie PaceWinUD
      92Jan 28, 197030Mike PusateriWinTKO2
      91Jan 7, 197030Doug HuntleyWinMD
      90Dec 3, 196930Art AldereteWinTKO5
      89Oct 17, 196930Gerhard PiaskowyWinPTS
      88Sep 18, 196930Nathaniel MaciasWinTKO9
      87Sep 9, 196930Henry WalkerWinKO9
      86Aug 1, 196929Jose Luis RodriguezWinTKO7
      85Jul 9, 196929Rocky HernandezWinUD
      84Apr 30, 196929Fraser ScottLossTKO2
      83Mar 27, 196929Frank NiblettWinUD
      82Feb 20, 196929Dave ReedWinTKO6
      81Feb 5, 196929Frank NiblettWinUD
      80Dec 17, 196829Gene BryantWinUD
      79Nov 22, 196829Bob HarringtonWinMD
      78Oct 30, 196829Carl MooreWinTKO9
      77Oct 4, 196829Jorge RosalesWinPTS
      76Aug 10, 196829Jesse ArmentaWinPTS
      75Jul 22, 196828Jesse ArmentaWinKO7
      74May 21, 196828Lonnie HarrisWinPTS
      73Apr 17, 196828Gene BryantWinUD
      72Apr 8, 196828Rafael GutierrezDrawPTS
      71Mar 6, 196828Eddie CoffeyWinTKO6
      70Feb 18, 196828Rafael GutierrezWinTKO4
      69Jan 31, 196828Doug HuntleyWinUD
      68Jan 3, 196828Danny PerezWinTKO6
      67Dec 5, 196728Tony MontanoWinUD
      66Jan 3, 196626Freddie LittleLossKO4
      65Nov 29, 196526Johnny BrooksWinPTS
      64Oct 14, 196526Thell TorrenceDrawPTS
      63Aug 23, 196526Ferd HernandezWinUD
      62Jul 28, 196525Jimmy LesterWinSD
      61Jun 15, 196525Ferd HernandezWinUD
      60Apr 2, 196525Jimmy LesterLossUD
      59Mar 19, 196525Hilario MoralesWinUD
      58Feb 23, 196525Fred RootsWinUD
      57Feb 3, 196525Rocky MontalvoWinPTS
      56Jan 5, 196525Gene BryantLossSD
      55Nov 25, 196425Memo LopezWinUD
      54Oct 12, 196425Hilario MoralesWinUD
      53Sep 18, 196425Nino BenvenutiLossPTS
      52Sep 1, 196425Manuel GonzalezLossUD
      51Apr 13, 196424Joe DeNucciLossSD
      50Dec 17, 196324Stan HarringtonLossMD
      49Dec 3, 196324Hurricane KidWinUD
      48Oct 29, 196324Memo AyonDrawPTS
      47Aug 17, 196324Luis Manuel RodríguezLossTKO9
      46Jun 17, 196323Ralph DupasLoss *UD
      45Apr 29, 196323Ralph DupasLoss *SD
      44Feb 19, 196323Stan HarringtonWin *UD
      43Jan 5, 196323Joey ArcherLossUD
      42Dec 12, 196223Gene BryantWinUD
      41Oct 20, 196223Joey GiambraWin *UD
      40Aug 18, 196223Emile GriffithLossSD
      39Jul 7, 196222Ted WrightWinUD
      38Jun 9, 196222Ted WrightLossSD
      37Feb 17, 196222Sugar Ray RobinsonWinUD
      36Oct 21, 196122Sugar Ray RobinsonLossUD
      35Sep 9, 196122Obdulio NunezWinUD
      34Jun 17, 196121Obdulio NunezLossMD
      33May 19, 196121Willie JenningsWinTKO2
      32Apr 8, 196121Jorge FernandezLossUD
      31Feb 11, 196121Charley ScottWinUD
      30Jan 31, 196121Willie MortonWinUD
      29Oct 15, 196021Jorge FernandezLossUD
      28Aug 16, 196021Benny ParetWinSD
      27Apr 26, 196020Emile GriffithWinSD
      26Mar 11, 196020Emile GriffithLossSD
      25Feb 10, 196020Tony DeMarcoWinTKO2
      24Jan 19, 196020Pat LowryWinKO3
      23Dec 10, 195920Virgil AkinsWinSD
      22Sep 3, 195920Paddy DeMarcoWinTKO10
      21Jul 10, 195919Don JordanLoss *UD
      20Feb 17, 195919Vince MartinezWinUD
      19Jan 2, 195919Gaspar OrtegaWinSD
      18Dec 11, 195819Tony DupasWinUD
      17Oct 21, 195819Johnny SaxtonWinUD
      16Oct 2, 195819Connie CitizenWinPTS
      15Sep 17, 195819Julian ValdezWinUD
      14Aug 22, 195819Chico CiriniWinTKO4
      13Jul 1, 195818Al AndrewsWinUD
      12Apr 22, 195818Jimmy HaysWinUD
      11Apr 9, 195818Al BarberoWinTKO3
      10Feb 25, 195818Howard DixonWinKO4
      9Jan 28, 195818Jimmy McCoyWinPTS
      8Jan 16, 195818Buddy McDonaldWinUD
      7Dec 17, 195718Tommy ThomasWinPTS
      6Nov 26, 195718Marvin MarcusWinTKO2
      5Nov 13, 195718Doug GarrettWinPTS
      4Oct 22, 195718Russell DavisWinPTS
      3Oct 8, 195718John MedlockWinPTS
      2Sep 17, 195718Buddy FordWinPTS
      1Aug 17, 195718Jimmy McCoyWinPTS

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Denny Moyer was an American professional boxer. He was born in Portland, Oregon, USA on August 8, 1939. He was a super-welterweight world champion. Moyer died on June 30, 2010 at the age of 70 years. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1957 to 1975.

      Moyer made his professional boxing debut against Jimmy McCoy at the age of 18 on August 17, 1957, defeating McCoy via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 19 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 4 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 19 on July 10, 1959 after 20 professional fights, against Don Jordan for the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles. He lost to Jordan via 15 round unanimous decision.

      Denny Moyer was a one-time undisputed super-welterweight world champion, and won two world titles at super-welterweight. For all the details about Moyer's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Moyer had a total of 38 losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Franz Csandl at 35 years of age, on March 18, 1975. Moyer lost the fight via 10 round PTS.

      Championships

      Moyer had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and one successful title defense. He won two of these fights and lost four.

      Title Wins

      Denny Moyer fought for super-welterweight world titles in five fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won two super-welterweight belts.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Feb 19, 1963+Stan HarringtonSuper-welterweightWBCUD
      Oct 20, 1962Joey GiambraSuper-welterweightWBAUD
      + Became undisputed world champion

      Title Defenses

      Denny Moyer had two super-welterweight world-title defense fights. He won once 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
      Feb 19, 1963+Stan HarringtonSuper-welterweightWBAUD
      + Became undisputed world champion

      Title Losses

      Denny Moyer lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Apr 29, 1963Ralph DupasSuper-welterweightWBA, WBCSD

      Highlights

      Moyer fought a total of 141 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.

      • July 10, 1959: In his first world-title fight, Denny Moyer loses to Don Jordan via 15 round unanimous decision. He was fighting for the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles.

      • December 10, 1959: Denny Moyer beats Virgil Akins via 10th round split decision.

      • February 10, 1960: Denny Moyer beats Tony DeMarco via 2nd round TKO.

      • April 26, 1960: Denny Moyer beats Emile Griffith via 10th round split decision.

      • August 16, 1960: Denny Moyer beats Benny Paret via 10th round split decision.

      • February 17, 1962: Denny Moyer beats Sugar Ray Robinson via 10th round unanimous decision.

      • October 20, 1962: Moyer wins the WBA super-welterweight title from Joey Giambra, by beating Giambra via 15 round unanimous decision.

      • February 19, 1963: Moyer becomes the undisputed super-welterweight world champion by defeating Stan Harrington via 15 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA and WBC super-welterweight world-champion belts.

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