He has wins over Nino Valdez 2x- 6'4 212lb # 1 ranked Bob Baker- 6'2 220lb # 2 ranked Clarence Henry- 6'1 # 3 ranked Bob Satterfield- Jimmy Bivins 4x- 80" reach # 4 ranked Harold Johnson 4x Embrell Davidson- 6'2 212lb Young talented Prospect Willie Bean- 6'3 211lb Alejandro Lavorante- 6'4 212lb # 4 ranked James J Parker- 6'3 212lb # 9 ranked Rusty Payne- # 10 ranked Helluva left hooker Jimmy Slade Hatchetman Sheppard 2x- top 10 ranked Hans Kalfbell- 6'6 211lb German Champ Alberto Santiago Lovell- 6'4 200lb 76-7 record Abel Cestac- 6'4 235lb 40-10 record Tiger Ted Lowry- Emanuel Agustus of his day Frank Buford- Californian champ, Underated Black heavyweight of his day. very very spotty record but ring magazine in their 1952 issue actually proclaied Buford's talent A level among heavyweight division and rated him near the cream of the crop Alot of people complain about marciano not beating the younger bigger heavyweights of his day, but archie moore did it for him it appears. How good is this win resume compared to other heavyweight contenders throughout history. I would say its rather good.
Moore was definitely a very good heavyweight. He seemed to ride the line between #1 contender and champion - a 'nearly' man at that weight.
I agree. He seemed to have a style to deal with the big men very well. do you agree or was it just perhaps his era?
Well I think Moore would have been a champion in the late twenties and early thirties. He may have swapped the title a couple of times with Max Schmeling.
Archie Moore has an excellent record at heavyweight. He's arguably among the top 20 heavyweights of all time. He beat plenty of top HWs, lost only to Marciano, Patterson and Clay at that weight. He knocked ou some cagey guys and some very big men. All the ones SuzieQ mentioned. Fighters like Howard King, Willi Besmanoff and Bert Whitehurst were respectable journeyman too. Moore consistently fought and beat them.
