Jersey Joe Walcott vs Archie Moore

William Walker · Jun 30, 2020

LoadedGlove said: ↑

It's surprising that these two never met. I guess in Joe's early days Archie was only a Middleweight and of course he never stepped up to Heavy until after Walcott's retirement.
It's certainly a mouth watering prospect isn't it ? Two of the cutest, craftiest guys that ever laced on gloves.
Walcott was a lovely mover. He must have been an influence on Muhammad Ali with the way he showed out, moving from side to side and rolling his hands. Jersey Joe was also an expert timer of a counter punch. Just look at his knockdowns against Joe Louis. Louis wasn't hurt, he was just perfectly set up.
Archie's great skill was how he got close to an opponent, slip slide, catch the shots, he was a genius a walking a man down and closing the range. His power speaks for itself. The highest number of recorded knockouts in the history of Boxing.
I can imagine Walcott looking just fabulous in this for round after round, gliding around Moore bouncing shots off him and certainly throwing his flashy bolo.
Problem is that those shots are likely to be landing on the top of Archie's head or on his cross armed guard. Even the punches that get through Archie will ride and roll with.
Moore had unbelievable patience and coolness under fire. I can just see him getting closer and closer to Walcott as the rounds go by but still not throwing much, a jab here, a slap or a tap there and then in maybe the 7th or 8th, Archie changes up, rolling and punching with Jersey Joe and ripping in hooks and uppercuts with full power.
Walcott, ambushed like so many others, knocked down several times and stopped in the 9th, like so many of Archie's victims, utterly baffled. The story of Moore's career.
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It is an ultimate battle between two good punchers with the craftiest minds ever. The main intrigue for me is wondering who would be the aggressor. Both men were highly proficient in defense. I tend to think Moore would be the aggressor, who was more 50/ 50, whereas Walcott seemed primarily defensive to me.

Richmondpete · Jun 30, 2020

What an awesome matchup. I am leaning towards Moore SD but I can be swung either way easily on this topic

William Walker · Jun 30, 2020

George Crowcroft said: ↑

I think Moore had an excellent chin. Being stopped by Ali, Patterson and Marciano isn't a problem, especially when your 35+ for all of them. Being stopped by Bivins and Charles isn't either, two of the greatest LHWs ever. The only other KO is to Morrow, and I can't seem to out that down to anything other than a fluke.

If Moore didn't have a great chin, he'd have been KOed a lot more than he was.
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Moore didn't have a great chin, he had the best of all time imo. 7 knockout losses over 27 years through almost 220 pro fights is not bad at all. Especially since the ones to Bivins, Booker, and Marciano were prolonged, courageous beatings he took, at times giving as good as he got before succumbing after 4 or 5 knockdowns a piece.

InMemoryofJakeLamotta · Jun 30, 2020

William Walker said: ↑

Moore didn't have a great chin, he had the best of all time imo. 7 knockout losses over 27 years through almost 220 pro fights is not bad at all. Especially since the ones to Bivins, Booker, and Marciano were prolonged, courageous beatings he took, at times giving as good as he got before succumbing after 4 or 5 knockdowns a piece.
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When you put it like that, maybe Moore's chin was better than advertised.

William Walker · Jun 30, 2020

InMemoryofJakeLamotta said: ↑

When you put it like that, maybe Moore's chin was better than advertised.
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Thnx. Afterall, in the last four decades fighters fight about 35-60 times and walk away with the same amount of knockout losses. Look at Julian Jackson, Roy Jones Jr.. I also think Moore's durability is obvious in the films against Durelle, Johnson, Maxim, and Marciano. Moore wouldn't even quit against a young Cassius Clay.

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