Davey Moore - Anyone Know...

[Russell]

How badly injured he was after the Duran fight?

Did he spend any time in a hospital?

[Pat_Lowe]

I don't know but that was a pretty heavy beating and his trainers/ref should be ashamed of themselves. It was clear early on that Duran was just on another level, at around round 5 or 6 it just stopped being competitive altogether and Moore just got pummelled. In terms of the physical punishment, I think it was pretty bad but it was more psychological. A young fighter isn't ready to be beat up like that in only his 12th fight. He was promising but that fight changed it all.

[heerko koois]

He should,t have fought in the first place ....his dentist told him a day before that his tooth was infected ....

[Holmes' Jab]

Originally Posted by Pat_Lowe

I don't know but that was a pretty heavy beating and his trainers/ref should be ashamed of themselves. It was clear early on that Duran was just on another level, at around round 5 or 6 it just stopped being competitive altogether and Moore just got pummelled. In terms of the physical punishment, I think it was pretty bad but it was more psychological. A young fighter isn't ready to be beat up like that in only his 12th fight. He was promising but that fight changed it all.

Good summation. He was a fine, very promising fighter, but in stepping up in class against Duran it proved far too much to handle and practically ruined him (he beat a past prime Benitez afterwards, though Benitez was forced to 'retire', but lost most of his other fights).

[Shake]

They specifically picked Duran because he was a shot 'name' that would glitter nicely on his resume.

[bxrfan]

How good would Davey Moore have turned out to be if he hadn't fought Duran?

[TBooze]

Originally Posted by Shake

They specifically picked Duran because he was a shot 'name' that would glitter nicely on his resume.

Yes, it seemed a perfectly sound fight for Moore to have, a no brainer, a decent pay day, a good name on the resume, and little chance of an upset...

Hindsight is beautiful thing.

[joe33]

Did he not also have a medical problem which today would have meant he would not have been allowed to fight?,was something about it in the boxing news a few weeks back,some new book on the guy

[Russell]

He died from a freak accident, that I know.

[TBooze]

Originally Posted by Russell

He died from a freak accident, that I know.

Yes; a tragic comical death.

[Longhhorn71]

Originally Posted by TBooze

Yes; a tragic comical death.

I took my nephew to see this fight on closed circuit.

He told me beforehand that he didn't like boxing, but I said this will be a great fight....so he went.

After Moore got mangled, he told me "That's why I don't like boxing".

Moore was never the same...it was non-competitive.

[TBooze]

Originally Posted by Longhhorn71

I took my nephew to see this fight on closed circuit.

He told me beforehand that he didn't like boxing, but I said this will be a great fight....so he went.

After Moore got mangled, he told me "That's why I don't like boxing".

Moore was never the same...it was non-competitive.

That was what was good about boxing. It was meant to be non-competitve.... Duran was expected to lose and lose bad.

[kenmore]

Originally Posted by Shake

They specifically picked Duran because he was a shot 'name' that would glitter nicely on his resume.

Exactly. Duran seemed washed up...he had lost to unranked Kirkland Laing just eight months earlier.

I myself expected Moore to beat Duran handily. I was surprised not only that Duran won, but that he won in such devastating, one-sided fashion.

Moore was never himself again psychologically after this loss.