Archie Moore's crazy weight fluctuations

Thank you for this cool breakdown.
That is nuts.

 

Yeah, crazy discipline it took to make those light heavy fights when he's 42, 43 years old and enjoying eating and fighting as a heavyweight.

I know he used to chew the steak and spit it out, said it gave him the nutrients without the actual meat that would add weight. Said he learned in Australia from aboriginal people. Don't know if that was just a gimmick for the press men but it's a good story anyway. He was a notoriously hard trainer too.

 

Back then people didn't realize how dangerous and unhealthy gaining and losing weight that quickly is.

 

He was royally pissed off at his manager for booking him to fight Bobo Olson in a LHW defense right after Nino Valdez in a HW eliminator. Theres a video where his manager is interviewing him prior to Olson and they get into a slightly heated exchange over it.

 

Apart from Kearns, I don't think Archie though too much of managers in general!

 

Why would an aboriginal need to diet?lol

 

They didn't need to diet because of the way they ate ! lol

Somebody has actually posted the old article here :

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To have longevity, let alone HIS longevity with all those fluctuations is insane. Not to mention the sheer quality of his resume.

 

If you want to believe Aboriginies watched their weight it's perfectly alright with me!

 

Good info. Moore & Marciano both weighed the same 188 lbs for their fight. But you have to wonder what the effect was on Moore to go from 196.5 (Valdez fight) down to 175 (Olsen fight) a month later, then back up to 188 three months later. The Olson defense was "unnecessary", and Moore might just have fine-tuned his 196.5 Vadez fight weight down to 192 or so for Marciano fight, and been stronger.

 

Only all time greats can do that and still fight at the top level


yes sir archie is one bad son of a gun

 

this guy can fight in any era

 

Did you think that crazy weight cutting was a new thing?