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Steve Farhood's Historical View on Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez

Article written by Steven Farhood, noted boxing historian and Showtime boxing analyst. Jake LaMotta famously said of Sugar Ray Robinson, "I fought him so often, I almost got diabetes." Over the years, LaMotta has used that line again and again, and that's okay because he fought Sugar Ray again and again. They fought...

George Foreman 'More Patient' During Historic Comeback

With Thursday being the 15th anniversary of his 10th-round knockout of Michael Moorer -- which made him, at age 45, the oldest man to become heavyweight champion -- George Foreman reminisced about his comeback from a 10-year hiatus from boxing. An evangelist for his non-denominational, Church of Jesus Christ, Foreman,...

Archie Moore News From the Web

11/03/11 The making of a neighborhood heavyweight Source: The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA SAN DIEGO Billy Moore's attempts to carry on his famous father's work helping impoverished San Diego youths has gone through many fits and starts over the years.
09/09/10 Archie's meets Angus in tonight's final Source: Fairfield-Sun - Fairfield CT In the Thursday Night men's league slow pitch softball finals, top-seeded Archie Moore's will play fourth-seeded Angus on Thursday, Sept 9 at 6:15 at Haydon Field.
09/07/10 Men's softball semis tonight Source: Fairfield-Sun - Fairfield CT Late Night will meet Greenskeeper at 6:15 and Daybreak Donuts takes on The Field at 7:15 tonight, Tuesday, Sept. 7, in the Men's Tuesday Night Bob Wikman Over 35 slow pitch softball semifinals at Haydon Field.

Background on Archie Moore

Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1916 – December 9, 1998), was an American professional boxer and the Light Heavyweight World Champion (1952–1959 and 1961), who had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport.

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