Marvin Johnson vs Archie Moore but with a caveat

No, Moore would still win. Like in the Durelle fight, Archie would find a way back into the fight and Marvin wouldn't be durable enough to recover from Archie's comeback.

Would be a cracking fight, obviously.

 

Correct!

 

Is a caveat that little indentation on the chin like Kirk Douglas & Michael Jackson has/had?

 

As much as I like Marvin, the only version of Moore he beats is very late period Moore.

 

Like the one in the corner for the Foreman-Ali fight.

 

This.

 

Yes. I would take Marvin Johnson over the Archie Moore who fought Yvonne Durelle the first time.

You couldn't half-ass it against Marvin Johnson and expect to win. Ever. You had to bring your A-game and, even when you did, it was usually a life and death battle.

At that point, defending the light heavyweight title and fighting light heavys was an after-thought with Moore, as he was still more concerned with the heavyweights. And he was struggling against them, having just fought a draw with journeyman Howard King four months earlier.

Moore was half-assing it.

Johnson by clear decision or late-round TKO.

 

I'm quite literally the biggest Marvin fan on here with you, but this isn't true. Roy Jones half-assing would beat Marvin, as would Spinks or Foster.

A prime Moore, Conn, Loughran or Ezz would also beat Marvin without putting full effort in. Among others. Hell even this version of Moore would.