Archie Moore vs. Cassius Clay

Archie Moore vs. Cassius Clay was a professional boxing match contested on November 15, 1962.^[1]

Archie Moore vs. Cassius Clay

Date	November 15, 1962
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California
Tale of the tape
Boxer Archie Moore Cassius Clay Nickname "The Old Mongoose" "The Louisville Lip" Hometown Benoit, Mississippi Louisville, Kentucky Purse $75,000 $40,000 Pre-fight record 185–22–10 (1) (131 KO) 15–0 (12 KO) Age 48 years, 11 months 20 years, 9 months Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) Weight 192 lb (87 kg) 204 lb (93 kg) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition Former World Light heavyweight champion 1960 Olympic light heavyweight Gold Medalist
Result
Clay won by TKO in the 4th round (1:35)

The fight is notable for being Clay's first professional fight in the modern heavyweight division, and featured two iconic fighters at different ends of their careers.^[2]

Background

Clay had previously trained under Moore for a short time before leaving his camp and joining Angelo Dundee. Moore had just recently been stripped of his light heavyweight title (a title he had held since 1952), and was nearing 49 years old. The age disparity between the two fighters was so great that Archie began fighting professionally 7 years before Clay was born. The then 20 year old Clay was given 3-1 odds of defeating Moore. In the days before the fight, Clay had rhymed that "Archie Moore...Must fall in four."

The fight

Clay won the fight through a technical knockout in the fourth round, as he had predicted in his stanza before the bout, having knocked down Moore three times in the round before it was stopped.^[3][4]

Aftermath

Moore would fight one more time, four months later when he stopped Iron Mike DiBiase in the 3rd round.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Undercard

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