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Rocky Marciano and Archie Moore fought for the world heavyweight boxing title on September 21, 1955. The fight pitted Marciano, the undefeated heavyweight champion against Moore, the light-heavyweight champion. Marciano knocked Moore out in the ninth round, winning his 49th and final fight before retiring. [1] [2]
Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1913 – December 9, 1998) ... Moore is the only man to have faced both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali.
Marciano's final title defense was against the number one contender and light-heavyweight champion, Archie Moore, on September 21, 1955. The bout was originally scheduled for September 20, but because of hurricane warnings, it had to be delayed a day.
Sparring with Hemingway is a 1995 book written by Budd Schulberg consisting of a collection of his articles on boxing spanning nearly half a century. The book includes descriptions of fights between Rocky Marciano and Archie Moore; Muhammad Ali and George Foreman; Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Durán; and Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns.
September 21 – Rocky Marciano fights for the last time, recovering from a knockdown to beat world Light Heavyweight champion Archie Moore by a knockout in round nine at New York, and retiring undefeated with 49 wins, 43 by knockout, as of 2006, the only world Heavyweight champion to go undefeated through his career.
Rocky Marciano: 23 Sept 1952 – 27 Apr 1956 6 Marciano retired. [4] 12 Floyd Patterson (def. Archie Moore) 30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 1959 4 13 Ingemar Johansson: 26 Jun 1959 – 29 Jun 1960 0 14 Floyd Patterson (2) 29 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 1962 2 15 Sonny Liston: 25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 1964 1 16 Muhammad Ali: 25 Feb 1964 – 13 Mar 1970 9
After beating Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson in an elimination fight, Patterson faced Light Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore on November 30, 1956, for the World Heavyweight Championship. He beat Moore by a knockout in five rounds and became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion in history, at the age of 21 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 5 days. He ...
Larry Holmes (born November 3, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002 and was world heavyweight champion from 1978 until 1985. He is often considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time.