Cassius Clay vs. Archie Moore
DateNovember 15, 1962
VenueSports Arena, Los Angeles, California
Tale of the tape
Boxer United States Cassius Clay United States Archie Moore
Hometown Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. Benoit, Mississippi, U.S.
Purse $40,000 $75,000
Pre-fight record 15-0 185-22-10 (1)
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 204 lb (93 kg) 192 lb (87 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Result
Clay won by TKO in the 4th round (1:35)

Cassius Clay (soon Muhammad Ali) and Archie Moore fought a boxing match on November 15, 1962, in Los Angeles. The fight is notable for being Clay's first professional fight in the modern heavyweight division, and featured two iconic fighters at different ends of their careers.[1]

Background and fight

Clay had previously trained under Moore for a short time before leaving his camp and joining Angelo Dundee. Moore had just recently been stripped of his light heavyweight title (a title he had held since 1952), and was nearing 49 years old. The age disparity between the two fighters was so great that Archie began fighting professionally 7 years before Clay was born. Then 20 year old Clay was given 3-1 odds of defeating Moore, and won the fight through a technical knockout in the fourth round, as he had predicted in a stanza before the bout.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "American Hunger". The New Yorker. 12 October 1998. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali:His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 48–9.
  4. ↑ David Remnick (1998). King of the World. Random House. pp. 121–4.
  5. ↑ Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. pp. 64–6.
  6. ↑ "CAMPAIGN'S END FOR AN ANCIENT WARRIOR". Sports Illustrated. 26 November 1962. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  7. ↑ Michael Ezra (2009). Muhammad Ali:The Making of an Icon. Temple University Press. pp. 43–6.


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