Archie Moore

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  1. bigjake

    bigjake Active Member Full Member

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    Archie moore said Yvon Durelle hit him harder then any other fighter encluding rocky marciano and floyd patterson
    what do you guys think,i guess he was the guy taking the shots
     
  2. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Moore also said Marciano got a long count, and the ref yank the Rock's arms to bring him to, BUT you dont see that on the film. He was able to take Durelle's best, but not Marciano's or Patterson's.
     
  3. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    archie moore claimed the hardest hitter he ever faced was hatchetman sheppard
     
  4. Manassa

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    Archie Moore also walked down the street on his hands. He was a pot head, don't believe anything he says.
     
  5. ChrisPontius

    ChrisPontius March 8th, 1971 Full Member

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    As much i respect the word from a fighter himself, i don't put too much value into these "who do you think hit harder?".

    I already have trouble imaging how hard someone hit who i sparred a year ago, and here we are talking about fights with as much as a decade separating them!

    I think it should be seen as a psychological assessment rather than a physical measurement of sorts.
     
  6. bigjake

    bigjake Active Member Full Member

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    who would ever know for sure,lots of ppl on here with their opinions but they never had to take the punches did they.