Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1916 - December 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning Light Heavyweight World Champion of all time (December 1952 - May 1962). He had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport. Nicknamed "The Mongoose", and then "The Old Mongoose" in the latter half of his career, Moore holds the record for the most career knockouts (131) in boxing history. Moore was a highly strategical and defensive boxer, with a great chin and blundering power, he ranks #4 on The Ring's list of "100 greatest punchers of all time". Moore is rated by prominent boxing website BoxRec as the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time. Moore was also a trainer for a short time after retirement. He trained boxers such as Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and James Tillis.

A native of Benoit, Mississippi, Moore was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. A victim of racism for much of his career, Moore was an important figure in the American black community, and became involved in African American causes once his days as a fighter were over. He also established himself as a successful character actor in television and film. Moore died in his adopted home of San Diego, California.

Early life

Born Archibald Lee Wright, the son of Thomas Wright, a farm laborer and drifter, and Lorena Wright. He always insisted that he was born in 1916 in Collinsville, Illinois, but his mother told reporters that he was actually born in 1913 in Benoit, Mississippi. His father abandoned the family when Archie was an infant. Unable to provide for him and his older sister, his mother gave them into the care of an uncle and aunt, Cleveland and Willie Pearl Moore, who lived in St. Louis, Missouri. Archie later explained why he was given their surname: "It was less questions to be called Moore." He attended all-black schools in St. Louis, including Lincoln High School, although he never graduated. His uncle and aunt provided him with a stable upbringing, but after his uncle died in a freak accident around 1928, Moore began running with a street gang. One of his first thefts was a pair of oil lamps from his home, which he sold so that he would have money to buy boxing gloves. He later recalled of his stealing: "It was inevitable that I would be caught. I think I knew this even before I started, but somehow the urge to have a few cents in my pocket made me overlook this eventuality". After he was arrested for attempting to steal change from a motorman's box on a streetcar, he was sentenced to a three-year term at a reform school in Booneville, Missouri. He was released early from the school for good behavior after serving twenty-two months.

Around 1933 Moore joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, working for the forestry division at a camp in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Having determined to become a boxer, he decided to make his work at the camp a form of training. He later recalled that the other boys constantly kidded him about one daily exercise—standing upright in the bed of a truck as it drove along primitive forest roads, waiting until the last possible moment before ducking or weaving away from tree branches. The captain of the camp permitted him to organize a boxing team, which competed in Golden Gloves tournaments in southern Missouri and Illinois. Many of his fights occurred in a racially charged atmosphere; he later described one of them, against a white boxer named Bill Richardson in Poplar Bluff:

I knocked him down with a volley of head punches about one minute into round one. His brother . . . was the referee. He was furious at me and told me to keep my punches up. Since I had been hitting Bill in the head I would have missed him altogether if I threw my punches any higher. But the referee said I had fouled him. . . . I got steamed at this and offered to fight, too. I resolved not to hit Bill any place but his head. . . . In the second round I dropped him with a left hook that spun his head like a top. . . . I heard a man at ringside say, "For two cents I'd shoot that nigger."

After the bout, the boxing team was followed back to camp by a line of cars loaded with angry "townies." They dispersed only when the camp captain threatened them with a submachine gun.

Professional boxing career

He turned professional in 1935 and boxed all but one of his 12 bouts that year in San Diego. Moore had eight bouts in 1939, going 5-2 during that span, with one "no contest." He lost to former Middleweight Champion and future Hall of Famer Teddy Yarosz during that time, and his no-contest was against Jack Coggins, in eight rounds. In 1940, Moore made a tour of Australia and fought in Melbourne, Tasmania, Adelaide and Sydney. He won all of his seven bouts there, including six by knockout. Upon returning to the United States, he defeated Pancho Ramirez by a knockout in five, but lost to Shorty Hogue on a six-round decision.

First retirement and comeback

Moore had four fights in 1941, during which he went 2-1-1, with the draw against Eddie Booker. By then, however, he had suffered through several stomach ulcers, with the resulting operations, and he announced his retirement from boxing.

His retirement was brief, however, and by 1942 he was back in the ring. He won his first six bouts that year, including a second round knockout of Hogue in a rematch, and a ten round decision over Jack Chase. He met Booker in a rematch, and reached the same conclusion as their first meeting had: another 10 round draw.

In 1943, Moore fought seven bouts, winning five and losing two. He won and then lost the California State Middleweight title against Chase, both by 15 round decisions, and beat Chase again in his last bout of that year, in a ten round decision. He also lost a decision to Aaron Wade that year.

The Atlantic Coast

In 1944, he had nine bouts, going 7-2. His last bout that year marked his debut on the Atlantic Coast, and the level of his opposition began to improve. He beat Jimmy Hayden by a knockout in five, lost to future Hall of Famer Charlie Burley by a decision, and to Booker by a knockout in eight.

He won his first eight bouts of 1945, impressing Atlantic coast boxing experts and earning a fight with future IBHOF enshrinee Jimmy Bivins, who defeated Moore by a knockout in six at Cleveland. He returned to the Eastern Seaboard to fight five more times before that year was over. He met, among others, future IBHOF enshrinee Holman Williams during that span, losing a ten round decision, and knocking him out in eleven in the rematch.

By 1946, Moore had moved to the light heavyweight division and he went 5-2-1 that year, beating contender Curtis Sheppard, but losing to future World Heavyweight Champion and Hall of Famer Ezzard Charles by a decision in ten, and drawing with old nemesis Chase. By then, Moore began complaining publicly that, according to him, none of boxing's world champions would risk their titles fighting him.

1947 was essentially a year of rematches for Moore. He went 7-1 that year, his one loss being to Charles. He beat Chase by a knockout in nine, Sheppard by a decision in ten and Bivins by a knockout in nine. He also defeated Burt Lytell, by a decision in ten.

He fought a solid 14 fights in 1948, losing again to Charles by a knockout in nine, losing to Leonard Morrow by a knockout in the first, to Henry Hall by a decision in ten and to Lloyd Gibson by a disqualification in four. But he also beat Ted Lowry, by a decision in ten, and Hall in a rematch, also by decision.

1949 was also a good year for Moore: He had 13 bouts that year, going 12-1. He defeated the Alabama Kid twice; by knockout in four and by knockout in three, Bob Satterfield by a knockout in three, Bivins by a knockout in eight, future World Light Heavyweight Champion and IBHOF inductee Harold Johnson by a decision, Bob Sikes by a knockout in three and Phil Muscato by a decision. He lost to Clinton Bacon by a disqualification in six.

By Moore's standards, 1950 was a vacation year for him: he only had two fights, winning both, including a 10 round decision in a rematch with Lydell.

In 1951, Moore boxed 18 times, winning 16, losing one, and drawing one. He went on an Argentinian tour, fighting seven times there, winning six and drawing one. In between those seven fights, he found time for a trip to Montevideo, Uruguay, where he defeated Vicente Quiroz by a knockout in six. He knocked out Bivins in nine and split two decisions with Johnson.

World Light Heavyweight Champion

1952 was one of the most important years in Moore's life. After beating Johnson, heavyweight contenders Jimmy Slade, Bob Dunlap, and Clarence Henry and light heavyweight Clinton Bacon (knocked out in four in a rematch), Moore was finally given an opportunity at age thirty-six to fight for the title of World Light Heavyweight Champion against future IBHOF honoree Joey Maxim.

Maxim had just defeated the great Sugar Ray Robinson by a technical knockout in 14 rounds, forcing Robinson to quit in his corner due to heat exhaustion. Against Maxim, Moore consistently landed powerful right hands, hurting him several times en route to a fifteen-round decision. After sixteen long years, he had finally achieved his dream.

He was far from done, however. The next year, Moore won all nine of his bouts, including a 10 round non title win against then fringe heavyweight contender Nino Valdez of Cuba and a 15 round decision over Maxim in a rematch to retain the belt. He made two more bouts in Argentina before the end of the year.

In 1954, he had only four fights, retaining the title in a third fight with Maxim, who once again went the 15 round distance, and versus Johnson, who he knocked out in 14. He also beat highly ranked heavyweight Bob Baker.

In 1955, Moore again beat Valdez, who by that time was the no. 1 heavyweight contender, and defended against Bobo Olson, the World Middleweight Champion and future Hall of Famer who was coming off a decision victory over Joey Maxim, by a knockout in three.

On September 21, 1955, Moore went up in weight to face future Hall of Famer Rocky Marciano for Marciano's Heavyweight Championship. Moore briefly dropped Marciano in the second round (the second and last time Marciano had ever been knocked down), but Marciano recovered and knocked Moore down five times, knocking him out in the ninth to retain the belt. It was Marciano's sixth and last title defense before retiring in 1956.

In 1956, Moore fought mostly as a heavyweight but did retain his Light Heavyweight title with a ten round knockout over Yolande Pompey in London. He won 11 bouts in a row before challenging again for the World Heavyweight Championship. The title was left vacant by Marciano, but Moore lost to Floyd Patterson by a knockout in five (Patterson, yet another future Hall of Famer, himself made history that night, becoming, at the age of 21, the youngest World Heavyweight Champion yet, a record he would hold until 1986).

Moore won all six of his bouts during 1957. Among those wins was an easy 10-round decision over heavyweight contender Hans Kalbfell in Germany, a knockout in 7 rounds over highly ranked Tony Anthony to retain the light heavyweight title, a one-sided 10-round decision over light heavyweight contender Eddie Cotton in a non-title bout and a 4th round knockout of future top ten heavyweight contender Roger Rischer.

In 1958, Moore had 10 fights, going 9-0-1 during that span. His fight with Yvon Durelle in particular was of note: defending his world light heavyweight title in Montreal, he was felled three times in round one, and once again in round five, but then dropped Durelle in round 10 and won by a knockout in the 11th.

1959, his last full year as uncontested champion, was another rare low-profile year; in his two fights, he beat Sterling Davis by a knockout in three, and then Durelle again, also by a knockout in three, to once again retain his World Light Heavyweight title.

During 1960, Moore was stripped of his World Light Heavyweight title by the National Boxing Association (NBA), but continued to be recognized by most major boxing authorities including the New York State Athletic Commission and The Ring Magazine. Moore won three of his four bouts in 1960, one by decision against Buddy Turman in Dallas, Texas, his lone loss coming in a ten-round decision versus Giulio Rinaldi in Rome.

In 1961, he defeated Turman again by decision in Manila, Philippines before defending his Lineal World Light Heavyweight Championship for what would be the last time, beating Rinaldi by a 15 round decision to retain the belt. In his last fight that year, he once again ventured into the heavyweights, and met Pete Rademacher, a man who had made history earlier in his career by becoming the first man ever to challenge for a world title in his first professional bout (when he lost to Patterson by a knockout in six). Moore beat Rademacher by a knockout in nine.

In 1962, the remaining boxing commissions that had continued to back Moore as the World Light Heavyweight Champion withdrew their recognition. He campaigned exclusively as a heavyweight from then on, and beat Alejandro Lavorante by a knockout in 10 and Howard King by a knockout in one round in Tijuana. He then drew against future World Light Heavyweight Champion Willie Pastrano in a 10-round heavyweight contest. Interestingly enough, on the posters advertising that fight, Moore was billed as the "World Light Heavyweight Champion." The bout took place in California, which had not yet withdrawn recognition from Moore at the time the Moore-Pastrano fight was signed. By the time the bout took place, the California commission, like New York, Massachusetts, the EBU and Ring Magazine, had recognized Harold Johnson, who had beaten Doug Jones 16 days earlier, as the new Light Heavyweight Champion. Johnson had reigned as the NBA (WBA) Champion since February 7, 1961.

Then, in his last fight of note, Moore faced a young heavyweight out of Louisville named Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali). Moore had been Clay's trainer for a time, but Clay became dissatisfied and left Moore because of Moore's attempts to change his style and his insistence that Clay do dishes and help clean gym floors.

In the days before the fight, Clay had rhymed that "Archie Moore...Must fall in four." Moore replied that he had perfected a new punch for the match: The Lip-Buttoner.

Nonetheless, as Clay predicted Moore was beaten by a knockout in four rounds. Moore is the only man to have faced both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali.

After one more fight in 1963, a third round knockout win over Mike DiBiase in Phoenix, Moore announced his retirement from boxing, for good.

Final retirement

Despite retiring, Moore couldn't escape the limelight, and received numerous awards and dedications. In 1965, he was given the key to the city of San Diego, California. In 1970, he was named "Man of The Year" by Listen Magazine, and received the key to the city of Sandpoint, Ohio.

He was elected in 1985 to the St. Louis city Boxing Hall of Fame and he received the Rocky Marciano Memorial Award in the city of New York in 1988. In 1990, he became a member of the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, being one of the original members of that institution.

At one point, the oldest boxer to win the World's Light Heavyweight Championship, he is believed to have been the only boxer who boxed professionally in the eras of Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali. He is one of only a handful of boxers whose careers spanned four decades; his final record was an extraordinary 185 wins, 23 losses, 11 draws and 1 no contest, with 131 official knockouts.

However, at least three of Moore's record 131 knockouts came in less-than-competitive matches against pro wrestlers: "Professor" Roy Shire in 1956, Sterling Davis in 1959 and Mike DiBiase in 1963 (Moore's 131st and final knockout). All three matches are officially listed as third-round TKO stoppages. But even if one amends Moore's career numbers, he would still hold the record. The second-highest amount of knockouts in boxing history is 125, a total shared by light heavyweight Young Stribling and welterweight Billy Bird.

During the 1960s he founded an organization called Any Boy Can, which taught boxing to underprivileged youth in the San Diego area. In 1974 he helped train heavyweight boxer George Foreman for his famous "Rumble in the Jungle" title bout in Zaire against Muhammad Ali. In 1976 he served as an assistant coach for the Nigerian Olympic boxing team. Actively involved in efforts to teach children about the dangers of drug abuse, he worked during the 1980s as a youth boxing instructor for the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, assigned largely to ghettos in San Diego and Los Angeles. "I try to pass on the arts I know: self-control, self-reliance, self-defense," he told a reporter. In the early 1990s he again worked as a trainer for George Foreman.

Acting career

In 1960, Moore was chosen to play the role of the runaway slave Jim in Michael Curtiz's film adaptation of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, opposite Eddie Hodges as Huck. Moore garnered positive reviews for his sympathetic portrayal of Jim, which some viewers still consider the best interpretation of this much-filmed role.

Moore did not choose to pursue a full-time career as an actor, but he did appear in 1960s films such as The Carpetbaggers (1964), The Hanged Man (1964) and The Fortune Cookie (1966), and on television in episodes of Family Affair, Perry Mason, Wagon Train, The Reporter, Batman (episode 35) and the soap opera One Life to Live. His later film appearances included the crime film The Outfit (1973), as a chef in Breakheart Pass (1975) with Charles Bronson, and a cameo role as himself in the 1982 film Penitentiary II, along with Leon Isaac Kennedy and Mr. T.

Personal life

Archie Moore had three daughters, Reena and J'Marie and Elizabeth Moore-Stump and four sons, Archie Jr., Hardy, Anthony and D'Angelo. The marriage of Archie Moore and Elizabeth Thorton produced Archie Jr. and Elizabeth. In 1956,he married Joan Hardy and had five children; Reena, J'Marie, Hardy, Anthony and D'Angelo. They were married until his death in 1998.

In 1997, J'Marie Moore became the first daughter of a famous boxer to herself become a professional boxer.

Death

Archie Moore died of heart failure in 1998, four days before his 82nd birthday. He was cremated and is interred in a niche at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory, in San Diego.

Accolades

• In 1965, Moore was also inducted by the San Diego Hall of Champions into the Breitbard Hall of Fame.
• In 1980, he was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
• In 1990, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
• In 2002, Archie Moore was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
• In 2006, Moore was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame.
• The Ring ranked Moore #4 on its "Best Punchers of all time" list in 2003 and #14 on its list of the "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years."
• Moore was ranked as the #1 light heavyweight of all-time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2005.
• Moore was voted as the #1 light heavyweight of the 20th century by the Associated Press in 1999.
• Moore is rated the number one pound for pound fighter of all time by Boxrec.

Professional boxing record

185 Wins (131 knockouts, 54 decisions), 23 Losses (7 knockouts, 16 decisions), 10 Draws, 1 No Decision
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Win		Mike DiBiase	TKO	3	15/03/1963	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Loss		Muhammad Ali	KO	4	15/11/1962	Los Angeles, California, United States
Draw		Willie Pastrano	Draw	10	28/05/1962	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win		Howard "Honeyboy" King	KO	1	07/05/1962	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win		Alejandro Lavorante	TKO	10	30/03/1962	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win		Pete Rademacher	TKO	6	23/10/1961	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Giulio Rinaldi	UD	15	10/06/1961	New York, New York, United States
Win		Buddy Turman	UD	10	25/03/1961	Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Win		Buddy Turman	UD	10	28/11/1960	Dallas, Texas, United States
Loss		Giulio Rinaldi	PTS	10	29/10/1960	Rome, Lazio, Italy
Win		George Abinet	RTD	3	13/09/1960	Dallas, Texas, United States
Win		Willi Besmanoff	TKO	10	25/05/1960	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Win		Yvon "The Fighting Fisherman" Durelle	KO	3	12/08/1959	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Win		Sterling "Dizzy" Davis	TKO	3	09/03/1959	Odessa, Texas, United States
Win		Yvon "The Fighting Fisherman" Durelle	KO	11	10/12/1958	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Draw		Howard "Honeyboy" King	Draw	10	04/08/1958	Reno, Nevada, United States
Win		Howard "Honeyboy" King	PTS	10	09/06/1958	Sacramento, California, United States
Win		Charley Norkus	UD	10	26/05/1958	San Francisco, California, United States
Win		Howard "Honeyboy" King	PTS	10	17/05/1958	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Willi Besmanoff	SD	10	02/05/1958	Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Win		Bob Albright	TKO	7	10/03/1958	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win		Bert Whitehurst	TKO	10	04/03/1958	San Bernardino, California, United States
Win		Julio Neves	KO	3	01/02/1958	Río de Janeiro, Río de Janeiro, Brazil
Win		Luis Ignacio	PTS	10	18/01/1958	San Paulo, Brazil
Win		Roger Rischer	KO	4	29/11/1957	Portland, Oregon, United States
Win		Eddie Cotton	PTS	10	05/11/1958	Seattle, Washington, United States
Win		Ralph "KO" "Bob Mitchell" Hooker	TKO	5	31/10/1957	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win		Tony Anthony	KO	7	20/09/1957	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win		Alain Cherville	TKO	6	02/06/1957	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Win		Alain Cherville	UD	10	01/05/1957	Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Loss		Floyd Patterson	KO	5	30/11/1956	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win		Roy Shire	TKO	3	08/09/1956	Ogden, Utah, United States
Win		James J Parker	TKO	9	25/07/1956	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Win		Yolande Pompey	TKO	10	05/06/1956	Harringay, London, United Kingdom
Win		Gene Thompson	TKO	3	30/04/1956	Tucson, Arizona, United States
Win		Sonny Andrews	KO	4	26/04/1956	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Win		George Parmentier	TKO	3	16/04/1956	Seattle, Washington, United States
Win		Willie Bean	TKO	5	10/04/1956	Richmond, California, United States
Win		Howard "Honeyboy" King	PTS	10	27/03/1956	Sacramento, California, United States
Win		Frankie Daniels	UD	10	17/03/1956	Hollywood, California, United States
Win		Bob Dunlap	KO	1	27/02/1956	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Howard "Honeyboy" King	PTS	10	20/02/1956	San Francisco, California, United States
Loss		Rocky Marciano	KO	9	21/09/1955	Bronx, New York, United States
Win		Bobo Olson	KO	3	22/06/1955	New York, New York, United States
Win		Nino Valdes	PTS	15	02/05/1955	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win		Harold Johnson	TKO	14	11/08/1954	New York, New York, United States
Win		Bert Whitehurst	TKO	6	07/06/1954	New York, New York, United States
Win		Bob Baker	TKO	9	09/03/1954	Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Win		Joey Maxim	UD	15	27/01/1954	Miami, Florida, United States
Win		Dogomar Martinez	PTS	10	12/09/1953	Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Win		Rinaldo Ansaloni	TKO	4	22/08/1953	Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Win		Joey Maxim	UD	15	24/06/1953	Ogden, Utah, United States
Win		Frank Buford	TKO	9	30/03/1953	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Al Spaulding	KO	3	17/03/1953	Spokane, Washington, United States
Win		Nino Valdes	UD	10	11/03/1953	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Sonny Andrews	TKO	5	03/03/1953	Sacramento, California, United States
Win		Leonard Dugan	TKO	8	16/02/1953	San Francisco, California, United States
Win		Toxie Hall	KO	4	27/01/1953	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win		Joey Maxim	UD	15	17/12/1952	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Clinton Bacon	TKO	4	25/07/1952	Denver, Colorado, United States
Win		Clarence Henry	UD	10	26/06/1952	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Bob Dunlap	KO	6	19/05/1952	San Francisco, California, United States
Win		Jimmy Slade	UD	10	27/02/1952	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Harold Johnson	UD	10	29/01/1952	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Loss		Harold Johnson	UD	10	10/12/1951	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Win		Chubby Wright	TKO	7	29/10/1951	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Harold Johnson	UD	10	24/09/1951	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Win		Embrel Davidson	KO	1	05/09/1951	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Win		Alfredo Lagay	KO	3	17/08/1951	Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Win		Rafael Miranda	TKO	4	05/08/1951	Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
Win		Americo Capitanelli	KO	3	28/07/1951	San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina
Win		Victor Carabajal	KO	3	26/07/1951	Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
Win		Vicente Quiroz	TKO	6	14/07/1951	Cine Boston, Montevideo, Uruguay
Win		Alberto Santiago Lovell	KO	1	07/07/1951	Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Draw		Karel Sys	Draw	12	23/06/1951	Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Win		Abel Cestac	RTD	9	09/06/1951	Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
Win		Art Henri	TKO	4	14/05/1951	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Herman "Big Train" Harris	KO	4	26/04/1951	Flint, Michigan, United States
Win		Abel Cestac	UD	10	13/03/1951	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win		Jimmy Bivins	TKO	9	21/02/1951	New York, New York, United States
Win		John Thomas	KO	1	28/01/1951	Panama City, Panama
Win		"Oakland" Billy Smith	TKO	8	02/01/1951	Portland, Oregon, United States
Win		Vernon Williams	KO	2	31/07/1950	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Win		Bert "The Chocolate Kid" Lytell	UD	10	31/01/1950	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win		Leonard Morrow	KO	10	13/12/1949	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win		Charley "Doc" Williams	KO	8	06/12/1949	Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Win		Phil Muscato	KO	6	24/10/1949	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win		Bob Amos	PTS	10	04/10/1949	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win		Esco Greenwood	TKO	2	29/07/1949	North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
Win		Bob Sikes	TKO	3	27/06/1949	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Loss		Clinton Bacon	DQ	6	13/06/1949	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Win		Harold Johnson	UD	10	26/04/1949	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Win		Jimmy Bivins	KO	8	11/04/1949	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win		Dusty Wilkerson	TKO	6	23/03/1949	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Win		Alabama Kid	KO	3	04/03/1949	Columbus, Ohio, United States
Win		Bob Satterfield	KO	3	31/01/1949	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win		Alabama Kid	KO	4	10/01/1949	Toledo, Ohio, United States
Win		Charley "Doc" Williams	KO	7	27/12/1948	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Bob Amos	UD	10	06/12/1948	Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Win		Henry Hall	UD	10	15/11/1948	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Loss		Lloyd Gibson	DQ	4	01/11/1951	Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Loss		Henry Hall	PTS	10	15/10/1948	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Win		"Oakland" Billy Smith	KO	4	20/09/1948	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Ted "Tiger" Lowry	UD	10	02/08/1948	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Jimmy Bivins	MD	10	28/06/1948	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Loss		Leonard Morrow	KO	1	02/06/1951	Oakland, California, United States
Win		"Oakland" Billy Smith	UD	10	05/05/1948	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Win		Charley "Doc" Williams	KO	7	19/04/1948	Newark, New Jersey, United States
Win		Dusty Wilkerson	TKO	7	12/04/1948	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Loss		Ezzard "The Cincinnati Cobra" Charles	KO	8	13/01/1948	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Win		George Fitch	TKO	6	10/11/1947	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Jimmy Bivins	TKO	9	08/09/1947	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Bobby Zander	PTS	12	30/07/1947	Oakland, California, United States
Win		Bert "The Chocolate Kid" Lytell	UD	10	14/07/1947	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Curtis Sheppard	UD	10	16/06/1947	Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Loss		Ezzard "The Cincinnati Cobra" Charles	MD	10	05/05/1947	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Win		Rusty Payne	PTS	10	11/04/1947	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Jack Chase	KO	9	18/03/1947	Los Angeles, California, United States
Draw		Jack Chase	Draw	10	06/11/1946	Oakland, California, United States
Draw		"Oakland" Billy Smith	Draw	12	23/10/1946	Oakland, California, United States
Win		Jimmy O'Brien	TKO	2	09/09/1946	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Buddy Walker	KO	4	19/08/1946	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Loss		Ezzard "The Cincinnati Cobra" Charles	UD	10	20/05/1946	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Win		Vern Escoe	TKO	7	02/05/1946	Orange, New Jersey, United States
Win		George Parks	KO	1	05/02/1946	Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Win		Curtis Sheppard	UD	12	28/01/1946	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Holman Williams	TKO	11	26/11/1945	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		O'Dell Riley	KO	6	12/11/1945	Detroit, Michigan, United States
Loss		Holman Williams	MD	10	22/10/1945	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Cocoa Kid	KO	8	17/09/1945	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Loss		Jimmy Bivins	KO	6	22/08/1945	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Win		Lloyd Marshall	TKO	10	26/06/1945	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Win		George Kochan	TKO	6	18/06/1945	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Lloyd Marshall	UD	10	21/05/1945	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Teddy Randolph	TKO	9	23/04/1945	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Nate Bolden	UD	10	02/04/1945	Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Win		Napoleon Mitchell	KO	6	12/02/1945	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win		"Parson" Bob Jacobs	TKO	9	29/01/1945	New York, New York, United States
Win		Joey Jones	TKO	2	11/01/1945	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Win		Nate Bolden	KO	9	18/12/1944	New York, New York, United States
Win		Battling Monroe	KO	6	01/09/1944	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Jimmy Hayden	KO	5	18/08/1944	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Louis Mays	KO	3	11/08/1944	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Kenny LaSalle	PTS	10	19/05/1944	San Diego, California, United States
Loss		Charley Burley	PTS	10	21/04/1944	Hollywood, California, United States
Win		Roman Starr	TKO	2	24/03/1944	Hollywood, California, United States
Loss		Eddie "Black Dynamite" Booker	TKO	8	21/01/1944	Hollywood, California, United States
Win		Amado Rodriguez	KO	1	07/01/1944	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Jack Chase	MD	10	26/11/1943	Hollywood, California, United States
Win		Kid Hermosillo	TKO	5	04/11/1943	San Diego, California, United States
Loss		Aaron "Little Tiger" Wade	PTS	10	16/08/1943	San Francisco, California, United States
Loss		Jack Chase	UD	15	02/08/1943	San Francisco, California, United States
Win		Eddie Cerda	KO	3	28/07/1943	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Big Boy Hogue	TKO	5	22/07/1943	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Jack Chase	UD	15	08/05/1943	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Jack Chase	KO	9	18/03/1943	Los Angeles, California, United States
Draw		Eddie "Black Dynamite" Booker	Draw	12	11/12/1942	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Jack Chase	PTS	10	27/11/1942	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Tabby Romero	KO	2	06/11/1942	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Shorty Hogue	TKO	2	30/10/1942	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Jimmy Casino	TKO	5	18/03/1942	Oakland, California, United States
Win		Al "Guero Martinez" Globe	TKO	2	27/02/1942	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Bobby Britt	KO	3	28/01/1942	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Draw		Eddie "Black Dynamite" Booker	PTS	10	20/02/1941	San Diego, California, United States
Loss		Shorty Hogue	PTS	10	31/01/1941	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Clay Rowan	KO	1	17/01/1941	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Pancho Ramirez	KO	5	18/10/1940	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Ron Richards	PTS	12	11/07/1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win		Fred Henneberry	TKO	7	27/06/1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win		Frank Lindsay (alias tommy Jordan) http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Fight:20381	KO	4	27/05/1940	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Win		Joe Delaney	KO	2	18/05/1940	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Win		Atilio Sabatino	TKO	5	09/05/1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win		Ron Richards	TKO	10	18/04/1940	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Win		Jack McNamee	TKO	4	30/03/1940	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Loss		Shorty Hogue	PTS	6	29/12/1939	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Honey Boy Jones	PTS	10	07/12/1939	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Billy Day	KO	1	27/11/1939	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Draw		Freddie Dixon	Draw	8	13/11/1939	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Win		Bobby Seaman	KO	7	22/09/1939	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Jack Coggins	PTS	10	01/09/1939	San Diego, California, United States
No Contest		Jack Coggins	NC	8	21/07/1939	San Diego, California, United States
Loss		Teddy Yarosz	PTS	10	20/04/1939	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Marty Simmons	UD	10	16/03/1939	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Domenico Ceccarelli	KO	1	02/03/1939	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Jack Moran	KO	1	20/01/1939	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Bob Turner	KO	2	07/12/1938	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Ray Lyle	KO	2	22/11/1938	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Bobby Yannes	TKO	2	19/10/1938	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Tom Henry	TKO	4	27/09/1938	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win		Frank Rowsey	TKO	3	16/09/1938	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Johnny "Bandit" Romero	KO	8	02/09/1938	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Lorenzo Pedro	PTS	10	05/08/1938	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Johnny Sikes	KO	1	22/07/1938	San Diego, California, United States
Loss		Johnny "Bandit" Romero	PTS	10	24/06/1938	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Ray Vargas	KO	3	27/05/1938	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Jimmy Brent	KO	1	20/05/1938	San Diego, California, United States
Win		Karl Lautenschlager	KO	2	07/01/1938	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Sammy Jackson	KO	8	01/12/1937	Jackson, Missouri, United States
Win		Sammy Christian	PTS	5	16/11/1937	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Chuck Vickers	KO	2	09/11/1937	Ft. Wayne, Indiana, United States
Win		Charley Dawson	TKO	5	17/09/1937	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Sammy Slaughter	PTS	10	09/09/1937	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Loss		Billy Adams	PTS	8	01/09/1937	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Win		Al Dublinsky	KO	3	19/08/1937	unknown
Win		Frank Hatfield	KO	1	26/04/1937	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Win		Karl Martin	TKO	1	23/04/1937	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Win		Charley Dawson	PTS	8	09/04/1937	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Win		Ham Pounder	KO	2	23/03/1937	Ponca City, Oklahoma, United States
Win		Joe Huff	KO	3	02/02/1937	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Draw		Sammy Jackson	Draw	8	29/01/1937	Quincy, Illinois, United States
Win		Johnny Davis	KO	4	18/01/1937	Quincy, Illinois, United States
Win		Dynamite Payne	KO	1	05/01/1937	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Sammy Jackson	PTS	5	09/10/1936	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Win		Murray Allen	KO	2	30/09/1936	Keokuk, Iowa, United States
Draw		Sammy Christian	Draw	6	04/08/1936	Quincy, Illinois, United States
Win		Murray Allen	PTS	6	14/07/1936	Quincy, Illinois, United States
Win		Kid Pocahuntas	KO	3	31/01/1936	Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States
Win		Billy Simms	KO	2	03/09/1935	Poplar Bluff, Missouri, United States

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