Why didn’t Liston and Archie Moorer ever fight?

I was with you until the last sentence. Please provide one paper who scored the rematch for Valdes. Please don’t try to create doubt in the authenticity of the scorecard. Braddock scorecard matched practically every ringsider, that Archie Moore won the fight

 

Oh **** off. Nobody is trying to "create doubt in the authenticity of the scorecard." I obviously haven't seen the fight because it wasn't filmed so I can't personally speak to the validity of the decision, but the consensus in the papers was that Moore edged it. That being said, a minority of papers also scored it for Valdes including Peter Wilson of The Daily Mirror who stated Moore was lucky to receive the decision.

 

MMA fan in here. Gen X or Y?

 

The Daily Mirror and also the Arizona Republic certainly scored it for Valdes. Both reporters for the Las Vegas Review-Journal called it a draw. The Republic was particularly vociferous on the point, describing the decision as a "burglary", accusing Moore of repeated fouls, and claiming a ringside press consensus that Valdes deserved at worst a draw.

But as Swag says, the majority seem to have given Moore the edge, though by a narrower margin than Braddock's 8-5-2 card. The Associated Press had him winning by a single round.

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Liston could have slipped and fell off the ring steps and fell and injured his back, thus making Moore the winner by disqualification

 

There was also talk in 1963 of Liston defending his heavyweight title against light heavy champ Harold Johnson but that talk ended after Johnson lost his title to Willie Pastrano on June 1, 1963.