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Total Fights | 141 |
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Wins | 98 |
Losses | 38 |
Draws | 4 |
No-Contests | 1 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 25 |
KO Losses | 7 |
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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.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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141 | Mar 18, 1975 | 35 | Franz Csandl | Loss | PTS |
140 | Feb 3, 1975 | 35 | Rafael Rodriguez | Loss | UD |
139 | Dec 11, 1974 | 35 | Rocky DiFazio | Win | TKO10 |
138 | Nov 21, 1974 | 35 | Poul Knudsen | Loss | PTS |
137 | Oct 25, 1974 | 35 | Vicente Medina | Win | UD |
136 | Sep 9, 1974 | 35 | Vito Antuofermo | Loss | UD |
135 | Aug 16, 1974 | 35 | Rudy Cruz | Win | MD |
134 | Jun 28, 1974 | 34 | Vicente Medina | Win | UD |
133 | Jun 13, 1974 | 34 | Mike Lankester | Win | KO10 |
132 | May 29, 1974 | 34 | Battling La'avasia | Loss | UD |
131 | Apr 18, 1974 | 34 | Jean Mateo | Win | UD |
130 | Mar 29, 1974 | 34 | Renato Garcia | Loss | SD |
129 | Feb 20, 1974 | 34 | Eckhard Dagge | Loss | PTS |
128 | Dec 14, 1973 | 34 | Fighting Mack | Loss | UD |
127 | Oct 30, 1973 | 34 | Melvin Dennis | Loss | SD |
126 | Oct 2, 1973 | 34 | Tony Licata | Loss | UD |
125 | Aug 24, 1973 | 34 | Pat O'Connor | Win | SD |
124 | Jun 21, 1973 | 33 | John L. Sullivan | Loss | SD |
123 | Jun 7, 1973 | 33 | Pat O'Connor | Win | SD |
122 | May 6, 1973 | 33 | Manuel Fierro | Loss | UD |
121 | Mar 22, 1973 | 33 | Mario Marquez | Win | UD |
120 | Mar 7, 1973 | 33 | George Davis | Win | UD |
119 | Feb 21, 1973 | 33 | Walter Kelly | Win | UD |
118 | Jan 30, 1973 | 33 | Nojim Maiyegun | Loss | PTS |
117 | Dec 20, 1972 | 33 | Chucho Garcia | Win | UD |
116 | Sep 6, 1972 | 33 | Art Hernandez | Loss | SD |
115 | Jul 26, 1972 | 32 | Carlos Alberto Salinas | Win | UD |
114 | Jul 5, 1972 | 32 | Art Davis | Win | UD |
113 | May 31, 1972 | 32 | Tony Mundine | Loss | TKO7 |
112 | May 11, 1972 | 32 | Carlos Alberto Salinas | Win | MD |
111 | Mar 4, 1972 | 32 | Carlos Monzón | Loss * | TKO5 |
110 | Feb 15, 1972 | 32 | Gene Bryant | Win | UD |
109 | Dec 15, 1971 | 32 | Aristeo Chavarin | Win | UD |
108 | Sep 21, 1971 | 32 | Eugene Hart | NC | NC |
107 | Sep 7, 1971 | 32 | Gene Bryant | Win | UD |
106 | Jul 28, 1971 | 31 | Mike Pusateri | Win | TKO6 |
105 | Jun 19, 1971 | 31 | José Roberto Chirino | Win | UD |
104 | Apr 21, 1971 | 31 | Dave Oropeza | Win | TKO6 |
103 | Mar 30, 1971 | 31 | Jimmy Lester | Win | UD |
102 | Mar 5, 1971 | 31 | Raul Soriano | Win | UD |
101 | Feb 10, 1971 | 31 | Art Hernandez | Win | UD |
100 | Jan 1, 1971 | 31 | Raul Soriano | Win | UD |
99 | Dec 16, 1970 | 31 | Orlando de la Fuentes | Win | UD |
98 | Nov 4, 1970 | 31 | Rafael Gutierrez | Draw | MD |
97 | Sep 30, 1970 | 31 | Jesse Armenta | Win | RTD4 |
96 | Aug 10, 1970 | 31 | Mike Seyler | Win | TKO9 |
95 | Jul 9, 1970 | 30 | Fraser Scott | Loss | TKO8 |
94 | Apr 29, 1970 | 30 | Nate Williams | Loss | TKO9 |
93 | Feb 25, 1970 | 30 | Eddie Pace | Win | UD |
92 | Jan 28, 1970 | 30 | Mike Pusateri | Win | TKO2 |
91 | Jan 7, 1970 | 30 | Doug Huntley | Win | MD |
90 | Dec 3, 1969 | 30 | Art Alderete | Win | TKO5 |
89 | Oct 17, 1969 | 30 | Gerhard Piaskowy | Win | PTS |
88 | Sep 18, 1969 | 30 | Nathaniel Macias | Win | TKO9 |
87 | Sep 9, 1969 | 30 | Henry Walker | Win | KO9 |
86 | Aug 1, 1969 | 29 | Jose Luis Rodriguez | Win | TKO7 |
85 | Jul 9, 1969 | 29 | Rocky Hernandez | Win | UD |
84 | Apr 30, 1969 | 29 | Fraser Scott | Loss | TKO2 |
83 | Mar 27, 1969 | 29 | Frank Niblett | Win | UD |
82 | Feb 20, 1969 | 29 | Dave Reed | Win | TKO6 |
81 | Feb 5, 1969 | 29 | Frank Niblett | Win | UD |
80 | Dec 17, 1968 | 29 | Gene Bryant | Win | UD |
79 | Nov 22, 1968 | 29 | Bob Harrington | Win | MD |
78 | Oct 30, 1968 | 29 | Carl Moore | Win | TKO9 |
77 | Oct 4, 1968 | 29 | Jorge Rosales | Win | PTS |
76 | Aug 10, 1968 | 29 | Jesse Armenta | Win | PTS |
75 | Jul 22, 1968 | 28 | Jesse Armenta | Win | KO7 |
74 | May 21, 1968 | 28 | Lonnie Harris | Win | PTS |
73 | Apr 17, 1968 | 28 | Gene Bryant | Win | UD |
72 | Apr 8, 1968 | 28 | Rafael Gutierrez | Draw | PTS |
71 | Mar 6, 1968 | 28 | Eddie Coffey | Win | TKO6 |
70 | Feb 18, 1968 | 28 | Rafael Gutierrez | Win | TKO4 |
69 | Jan 31, 1968 | 28 | Doug Huntley | Win | UD |
68 | Jan 3, 1968 | 28 | Danny Perez | Win | TKO6 |
67 | Dec 5, 1967 | 28 | Tony Montano | Win | UD |
66 | Jan 3, 1966 | 26 | Freddie Little | Loss | KO4 |
65 | Nov 29, 1965 | 26 | Johnny Brooks | Win | PTS |
64 | Oct 14, 1965 | 26 | Thell Torrence | Draw | PTS |
63 | Aug 23, 1965 | 26 | Ferd Hernandez | Win | UD |
62 | Jul 28, 1965 | 25 | Jimmy Lester | Win | SD |
61 | Jun 15, 1965 | 25 | Ferd Hernandez | Win | UD |
60 | Apr 2, 1965 | 25 | Jimmy Lester | Loss | UD |
59 | Mar 19, 1965 | 25 | Hilario Morales | Win | UD |
58 | Feb 23, 1965 | 25 | Fred Roots | Win | UD |
57 | Feb 3, 1965 | 25 | Rocky Montalvo | Win | PTS |
56 | Jan 5, 1965 | 25 | Gene Bryant | Loss | SD |
55 | Nov 25, 1964 | 25 | Memo Lopez | Win | UD |
54 | Oct 12, 1964 | 25 | Hilario Morales | Win | UD |
53 | Sep 18, 1964 | 25 | Nino Benvenuti | Loss | PTS |
52 | Sep 1, 1964 | 25 | Manuel Gonzalez | Loss | UD |
51 | Apr 13, 1964 | 24 | Joe DeNucci | Loss | SD |
50 | Dec 17, 1963 | 24 | Stan Harrington | Loss | MD |
49 | Dec 3, 1963 | 24 | Hurricane Kid | Win | UD |
48 | Oct 29, 1963 | 24 | Memo Ayon | Draw | PTS |
47 | Aug 17, 1963 | 24 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | Loss | TKO9 |
46 | Jun 17, 1963 | 23 | Ralph Dupas | Loss * | UD |
45 | Apr 29, 1963 | 23 | Ralph Dupas | Loss * | SD |
44 | Feb 19, 1963 | 23 | Stan Harrington | Win * | UD |
43 | Jan 5, 1963 | 23 | Joey Archer | Loss | UD |
42 | Dec 12, 1962 | 23 | Gene Bryant | Win | UD |
41 | Oct 20, 1962 | 23 | Joey Giambra | Win * | UD |
40 | Aug 18, 1962 | 23 | Emile Griffith | Loss | SD |
39 | Jul 7, 1962 | 22 | Ted Wright | Win | UD |
38 | Jun 9, 1962 | 22 | Ted Wright | Loss | SD |
37 | Feb 17, 1962 | 22 | Sugar Ray Robinson | Win | UD |
36 | Oct 21, 1961 | 22 | Sugar Ray Robinson | Loss | UD |
35 | Sep 9, 1961 | 22 | Obdulio Nunez | Win | UD |
34 | Jun 17, 1961 | 21 | Obdulio Nunez | Loss | MD |
33 | May 19, 1961 | 21 | Willie Jennings | Win | TKO2 |
32 | Apr 8, 1961 | 21 | Jorge Fernandez | Loss | UD |
31 | Feb 11, 1961 | 21 | Charley Scott | Win | UD |
30 | Jan 31, 1961 | 21 | Willie Morton | Win | UD |
29 | Oct 15, 1960 | 21 | Jorge Fernandez | Loss | UD |
28 | Aug 16, 1960 | 21 | Benny Paret | Win | SD |
27 | Apr 26, 1960 | 20 | Emile Griffith | Win | SD |
26 | Mar 11, 1960 | 20 | Emile Griffith | Loss | SD |
25 | Feb 10, 1960 | 20 | Tony DeMarco | Win | TKO2 |
24 | Jan 19, 1960 | 20 | Pat Lowry | Win | KO3 |
23 | Dec 10, 1959 | 20 | Virgil Akins | Win | SD |
22 | Sep 3, 1959 | 20 | Paddy DeMarco | Win | TKO10 |
21 | Jul 10, 1959 | 19 | Don Jordan | Loss * | UD |
20 | Feb 17, 1959 | 19 | Vince Martinez | Win | UD |
19 | Jan 2, 1959 | 19 | Gaspar Ortega | Win | SD |
18 | Dec 11, 1958 | 19 | Tony Dupas | Win | UD |
17 | Oct 21, 1958 | 19 | Johnny Saxton | Win | UD |
16 | Oct 2, 1958 | 19 | Connie Citizen | Win | PTS |
15 | Sep 17, 1958 | 19 | Julian Valdez | Win | UD |
14 | Aug 22, 1958 | 19 | Chico Cirini | Win | TKO4 |
13 | Jul 1, 1958 | 18 | Al Andrews | Win | UD |
12 | Apr 22, 1958 | 18 | Jimmy Hays | Win | UD |
11 | Apr 9, 1958 | 18 | Al Barbero | Win | TKO3 |
10 | Feb 25, 1958 | 18 | Howard Dixon | Win | KO4 |
9 | Jan 28, 1958 | 18 | Jimmy McCoy | Win | PTS |
8 | Jan 16, 1958 | 18 | Buddy McDonald | Win | UD |
7 | Dec 17, 1957 | 18 | Tommy Thomas | Win | PTS |
6 | Nov 26, 1957 | 18 | Marvin Marcus | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Nov 13, 1957 | 18 | Doug Garrett | Win | PTS |
4 | Oct 22, 1957 | 18 | Russell Davis | Win | PTS |
3 | Oct 8, 1957 | 18 | John Medlock | Win | PTS |
2 | Sep 17, 1957 | 18 | Buddy Ford | Win | PTS |
1 | Aug 17, 1957 | 18 | Jimmy McCoy | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
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.
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.
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 19, 1963+ | Stan Harrington | Super-welterweight | WBC | UD |
Oct 20, 1962 | Joey Giambra | Super-welterweight | WBA | UD |
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 19, 1963+ | Stan Harrington | Super-welterweight | WBA | UD |
Denny Moyer lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Apr 29, 1963 | Ralph Dupas | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | SD |
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.
Moyer knocked out 25 of his 141 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 17.9%. Of his total 98 wins, 25 of them were via KO (25.5%).
Moyer's first world-title win was the WBA belt at super-welterweight. He defeated Joey Giambra via 15 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Moyer won two world titles at super-welterweight.
Moyer had a total of two title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost one time.