Davey Moore (boxer, born 1933)

David Schultz "Davey" Moore (November 1, 1933 – March 25, 1963) was an American Undisputed Featherweight Champion boxer who fought professionally from 1953 to 1963. A resident of Springfield, Ohio, Moore was one of two world champions to share the name in the second half of the 20th century. The second, Davey Moore (born 1959), boxed during the 1980s.

Moore died on March 25, 1963, aged 29, as a result of injuries sustained in a match against Sugar Ramos.

Career highlights

Moore first gained wide attention from his performance on the 1952 U.S. Olympic boxing team, as a bantamweight amateur.

Moore made his professional debut on May 11, 1953, aged 19, beating Willie Reece by a decision in six rounds. He boxed 8 times in 1953, with a total record that year of 6 wins, 1 loss and 1 no contest.

From the beginning of his career through 1956 Moore fought a total of 29 bouts, with a total record of 22–5–1, and 1 no contest. Beginning with his April 10, 1957 fight against Gil Cadilli, Moore had an 18-bout winning streak, ending when he lost to Carlos Morocho Hernández on March 14, 1960, with a TKO. It was during this period, on March 18, 1959, that Moore won the World Featherweight Title from Hogan "Kid" Bassey. Moore retained the title through the remainder of his career, defending it successfully 5 times, and losing it to Sugar Ramos on March 21, 1963. Moore's condition deteriorated, and he died 75 hours after the fight on March 25 at 2:20 a.m. CST in White Memorial Hospital, Los Angeles. He was buried in Ferncliff Cemetery in Springfield, Ohio.

Legacy

Bob Dylan wrote a song about Davey Moore's death, posing the question of responsibility. It is titled "Who Killed Davey Moore?" and was also sung by Pete Seeger and Graeme Allwright (in French).

Phil Ochs wrote a song titled "Davey Moore" which told the story of Davey Moore's death and placed the guilt on the managers, the boxing "money men", boxing fans, as well as Davey Moore himself for having too much “pride” to quit the sport.

On September 21, 2013, the 50th anniversary of Moore's final fight, his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, dedicated an 8-foot-tall (2.44 m) bronze statue in his honor. Located in a public green space just south of downtown near his old neighborhood, the dedication attendees included Moore's widow Geraldine and Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos, visiting from Mexico City.

Moore, played by John Bosco Jr., is featured as a character in the movie The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki that won the 'Prize Un Certain Regard' in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Professional boxing record

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Result

!Record

!Opponent

!Type

!Round, time

!Date

!Location

!Notes

|-align=center

|68

|Loss

|align=left|Sugar Ramos

|RTD

|10 (15),

|Mar 21, 1963

|align=left|

|67

|Win

|59–6–1

|align=left|Gil Cadilli

|TKO

|5 (10),

|Feb 18, 1963

|align=left|

|55

|Win

|58–6–1

|align=left|Fili Nava

|UD

|10

|Dec 11, 1962

|align=left|

|65

|Win

|57–6–1

|align=left|Olli Mäki

|TKO

|2 (15),

|Aug 17, 1962

|align=left|

|64

|Win

|56–6–1

|align=left|Mario Diaz

|KO

|2 (10),

|Jul 9, 1962

|align=left|

|63

|Win

|55–6–1

|align=left|Cisco Andrade

|TKO

|7 (10),

|Mar 9, 1962

|align=left|

|62

|Win

|54–6–1

|align=left|Kazuo Takayama

|UD

|15

|Nov 13, 1961

|align=left|

|61

|Win

|53–6–1

|align=left|Felix Cervantes

|KO

|5 (10),

|Oct 12, 1961

|align=left|

|60

|Win

|52–6–1

|align=left|Kid Irapuato

|TKO

|6 (10)

|Sep 19, 1961

|align=left|

|59

|Win

|51–6–1

|align=left|Felix Cervantes

|UD

|10

|Jul 17, 1961

|align=left|

|58

|Win

|50–6–1

|align=left|Gil Cadilli

|UD

|10

|Jul 6, 1961

|align=left|

|57

|Win

|49–6–1

|align=left|Danny Valdez

|KO

|1 (15),

|Apr 8, 1961

|align=left|

|56

|Win

|48–6–1

|align=left|Ray Nobile

|PTS

|10

|Feb 10, 1961

|align=left|

|55

|Win

|47–6–1

|align=left|Fred Galiana

|TKO

|4 (10)

|Jan 27, 1961

|align=left|

|54

|Win

|46–6–1

|align=left|Gracieux Lamperti

|PTS

|10

|Jan 9, 1961

|align=left|

|53

|Win

|45–6–1

|align=left|Rudy Corona

|KO

|7 (10)

|Dec 3, 1960

|align=left|

|52

|Win

|44–6–1

|align=left|David Camacho

|KO

|8 (10)

|Nov 27, 1960

|align=left|

|51

|Win

|43–6–1

|align=left|Kazuo Takayama

|UD

|15

|Aug 29, 1960

|align=left|

|50

|Win

|42–6–1

|align=left|Kid Irapuato

|UD

|10

|Aug 1, 1960

|align=left|

|49

|Win

|41–6–1

|align=left|Frank Valdez

|TKO

|6 (10),

|Jul 20, 1960

|align=left|

|48

|Loss

|40–6–1

|align=left|Carlos Hernández

|RTD

|7 (10),

|Mar 17, 1960

|align=left|

|47

|Win

|40–5–1

|align=left|Sergio Caprari

|TKO

|8 (10)

|Feb 22, 1960

|align=left|

|46

|Win

|39–5–1

|align=left|Hilario Morales

|UD

|10

|Dec 14, 1959

|align=left|

|45

|Win

|38–5–1

|align=left|Bobby Neill

|TKO

|1 (10),

|Oct 20, 1959

|align=left|

|44

|Win

|37–5–1

|align=left|Hogan Bassey

|RTD

|11 (15)

|Aug 19, 1959

|align=left|

|43

|Win

|36–5–1

|align=left|Hogan Bassey

|RTD

|13 (15)

|Mar 18, 1959

|align=left|

|42

|Win

|35–5–1

|align=left|Ricardo Moreno

|KO

|1 (10),

|Dec 11, 1958

|align=left|

|41

|Win

|34–5–1

|align=left|Kid Anahuac

|UD

|10

|Sep 25, 1958

|align=left|

|40

|Win

|33–5–1

|align=left|Kid Anahuac

|SD

|10

|Jul 28, 1958

|align=left|

|39

|Win

|32–5–1

|align=left|Lauro Salas

|UD

|10

|Jun 19, 1958

|align=left|

|38

|Win

|31–5–1

|align=left|Roberto Garcia

|UD

|10

|May 24, 1958

|align=left|

|37

|Win

|30–5–1

|align=left|Vince Delgado

|KO

|3 (10),

|Mar 6, 1958

|align=left|

|36

|Win

|29–5–1

|align=left|Fili Nava

|UD

|10

|Feb 20, 1958

|align=left|

|35

|Win

|28–5–1

|align=left|Victor Manuel Quijano

|TKO

|9 (10),

|Jan 9, 1958

|align=left|

|34

|Win

|27–5–1

|align=left|Jose Luis Cotero

|UD

|10

|Nov 8, 1957

|align=left|

|33

|Win

|26–5–1

|align=left|Victor Manuel Quijano

|SD

|10

|Aug 14, 1957

|align=left|

|32

|Win

|25–5–1

|align=left|Isidro Martinez

|UD

|10

|Jul 5, 1957

|align=left|

|31

|Win

|24–5–1

|align=left|Buddy McDonald

|UD

|10

|Jun 13, 1957

|align=left|

|30

|Win

|23–5–1

|align=left|Gil Cadilli

|UD

|10

|Apr 10, 1957

|align=left|

|29

|Loss

|22–5–1

|align=left|Bobby Rogers

|PTS

|Nov 7, 1956

|align=left|

|28

|Win

|22–4–1

|align=left|Jimmy DeMura

|PTS

|Oct 10, 1956

|align=left|

|27

|Win

|21–4–1

|align=left|Charlie Slaughter

|KO

|4 (10),

|Jun 5, 1956

|align=left|

|26

|Win

|20–4–1

|align=left|Jimmy Hackney

|DQ

|6 (8),

|Dec 16, 1955

|align=left|

|25

|Win

|19–4–1

|align=left|Nat Jackson

|KO

|2 (10)

|Oct 17, 1955

|align=left|

|24

|Win

|18–4–1

|align=left|Ray Riojas

|UD

|10

|Sep 19, 1955

|align=left|

|23

|Loss

|17–4–1

|align=left|Santiago Martinez

|PTS

|10

|Jul 16, 1955

|align=left|

|22

|Win

|17–3–1

|align=left|Pedro Tesis

|PTS

|10

|May 15, 1955

|align=left|

|21

|Loss

|16–3–1

|align=left|Isidro Martinez

|PTS

|10

|May 1, 1955

|align=left|

|20

|Win

|16–2–1

|align=left|John Barnes

|UD

|Jan 18, 1955

|align=left|

|19

|Win

|15–2–1

|align=left|Eddie Burgin

|TKO

|9 (12),

|Dec 7, 1954

|align=left|

|18

|Win

|14–2–1

|align=left|Dick Armstrong

|TKO

|6 (10)

|Oct 25, 1954

|align=left|

|17

|Win

|13–2–1

|align=left|Herky Kaminsky

|UD

|10

|Jun 29, 1954

|align=left|

|16

|Draw

|12–2–1

|align=left|Herky Kaminsky

|PTS

|10

|May 18, 1954

|align=left|

|15

|Win

|12–2

|align=left|Charley Riley

|MD

|10

|Apr 20, 1954

|align=left|

|14

|Win

|11–2

|align=left|Jack Ingram

|KO

|1 (10)

|Apr 8, 1954

|align=left|

|13

|Win

|10–2

|align=left|Leo Carter

|TKO

|2 (6),

|Apr 1, 1954

|align=left|

|12

|Win

|9–2

|align=left|Bob Keeling

|TKO

|3 (6),

|Mar 13, 1954

|align=left|

|11

|Loss

|8–2

|align=left|Jackie Blair

|UD

|10

|Feb 4, 1954

|align=left|

|10

|Win

|8–1

|align=left|Eddie Crawford

|TKO

|2 (6)

|Jan 5, 1954

|align=left|

|Win

|7–1

|align=left|Eddie Cooper

|KO

|3 (8),

|Nov 20, 1953

|align=left|

|style="background:#DDD"|

|6–1

|align=left|Raul Prado

|NC

|3 (8)

|Oct 22, 1953

|align=left|

|Loss

|6–1

|align=left|Russell Tague

|PTS

|Oct 3, 1953

|align=left|

|Win

|6–0

|align=left|Ed Hughes

|KO

|4 (5)

|Aug 29, 1953

|align=left|

|Win

|5–0

|align=left|Eddie Gonzales

|KO

|Jul 10, 1953

|align=left|

|Win

|4–0

|align=left|Dick Armstrong

|TKO

|4 (6),

|Jun 15, 1953

|align=left|

|Win

|3–0

|align=left|Terry Book

|PTS

|Jun 1, 1953

|align=left|

|Win

|2–0

|align=left|Ralph Capone

|PTS

|May 25, 1953

|align=left|

|Win

|1–0

|align=left|Willie Reece

|UD

|May 11, 1953

|align=left|

Titles in boxing

Major world titles

NYSAC featherweight champion (126 lbs)
NBA (WBA) featherweight champion (126 lbs)

The Ring magazine titles

The Ring featherweight champion (126 lbs)

Regional/International titles

Ohio featherweight champion (126 lbs)

Undisputed titles

Undisputed featherweight champion

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

https://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-history/world-boxing-association-history
https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1959
https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1960
https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1961
https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1962
https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1963

Davey Moore (boxer, born 1933)

Career highlights

Legacy

Professional boxing record

Titles in boxing

Major world titles

The Ring magazine titles

Regional/International titles

Undisputed titles

See also

Notes and references

Notes

References

Further reading

External links