Anybody see the photo of Archie Moore in the back of the latest Ring Magazine? It was taken in 1938 when Archie was 24/25 . Though then a middleweight, he looks huge sitting on a stool , his then manager Jack Richardson looking down at him. Moore's record at the end of 1938 was 30-2-2 with 24 ko's. It's a sobering thought it would be a further 14 years before he would get his title shot against Joey Maxim.
You can find it by googling 1938 photo of Archie Moore it's in a montage. Try www getty images.co.uk. The Ring is now £ 4.95, way too much for a tight Jock. Actually it's not a bad issue, an appraisal of Wlad, GGG an article on Groves /Degale,a write up of Kovalev v Hopkins,and Manny /Floyd,and no tits and bum card girl taking 3 pages.
WOW Young Archie, he has veins popping out of his thighs, good vascularity probably indicates he was very fit and is 1 of the reasons he aged so well.
I dont think we will see anyone like the Archie, he was powerful,smart and scientific and super-fit for a powerful man and kept a lot of secrets to himself
Great photo! Thanks for posting! One really has to wonder what might have been had he gotten a title shot all those years earlier.