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	IBHOF / Archie Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		By 1945, Moore moved up to light heavyweight and although he was continually passed over for a title shot, he remained a fixture in the 175-pound rankings.
		Moore would eventually be stripped of the light heavyweight title by the NBA and the New York State Athletic Commission.
		Moore's age is listed as 49 at the time of the Ali fight, but some ring experts insist he was actually older since his date of birth has been disputed.
	ibhof.com /moore.htm (410 words)

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		Moore, a defensive specialist, was too subtle for some tastes, But that is precisely the reason why Archie Moore was able to hold the world light-heavyweight title until he was 49 years old.
		Moore seemed to always be ahead of his time, his trademarks were a ready smile and knee-length boxing trunks and he was the first boxer to incorporate himself.
		Moore's early life is a bit mysterious (many things are unconfirmed including even his birth year 1913 or 1916?) but we do know that his father deserted his mother when Archie was an infant and he was brought up in St. Louis by an uncle and aunt from which he took the surname of Moore.
	bxhof.tripod.com /moorea.html (3155 words)

	Moore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Moore Brothers — Matt, Owen and Tom Moore — were three brothers who became famous in early Hollywood.
		The toponym Moore refers to a moor, which is a kind of bog.
		There is a Moore County in the states of North Carolina, Moore County, Tennessee and Texas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Moore (510 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Archie Moore
		Moore usually found himself in trouble as a youngster, and he was in a reformatory until 1934.
		Moore became world champion by beating Maxim by a decision in fifteen rounds, finally reaching his dream of becoming a world boxing champion, at the age of 39 and 16 years after beginning his professional boxing career.
		Moore was within seconds of becoming world Heavyweight champion by dropping Marciano in round two, but Marciano recovered and knocked Moore out in the ninth to retain the belt.
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Archie_Moore (2042 words)

	The Ageless Warrior: The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore
		Although Moore is often remembered for the Ali-esque schtick he used to sell his later fights with fighters like light heavyweight champion Joey Maxim and heavyweight champion Marciano, his early career was spent in relative anonymity.
		By June 1945, Moore had been competing at light heavyweight and was the number one contender, but he decided to try the heavyweights and defeated Jimmy Bivins, a perennial top five contender for the heavyweight title held by Joe Louis.
		Moore never lost his light heavyweight crown in the ring but was stripped of it in 1961 after repeated refusals to fight Harold Johnson, a fighter he had already defeated three times.
	www.maxboxing.com /News/News070604.asp (1846 words)

	Tom Moore And Archie Have Timeless Appeal
		Archie Andrews is still the mythical boy next door; Veronica is the spoiled rich girl; Betty is the cute, sweet cheerleader type and Jughead's major activity is eating.
		Moore showed such promise that he was given cartoon work to do while he was still a student.
		At El Paso Community College Moore's Archie characters continue to be greeted with enthusiasm even among the Generation X students in his classes.
	www.epcc.edu /ftp/Homes/monicaw/borderlands/15_tom_moore_and_archie.htm (873 words)

	Archie Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Archie Moore, nicknamed "Ole Mongoose," was born on December 13, 1916, in Benoit, Mississippi.
		Archie fought a total of 229 bouts and won 194 of those bouts.
		Archie Moore died December 9, 1998, in a San Diego hospice facility due to heart disease complications.
	www2.nemcc.edu /mspeople/archie_moore.htm (231 words)

	Jet: Knockout King Archie Moore Succumbs At 84 - boxer Archie Moore - Brief Article
		Moore was taken to a San Diego Hospice last week and several of his children kept vigil at his bedside.
		Moore also held the nickname of "The Mongoose" for his lashing boxing style in which he had the ability to hit with one hand while his other dangled at his side, and then backpedal.
		Moore won his first light heavyweight title at the age of 39, although he said he was only 36, in 1952.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_5_95/ai_54724835 (543 words)

	Cyber Boxing Zone -- News
		Moore, who would have turned 85 on Sunday, retired at 49 after a career that was considered one of the most amazing examples of longevity in sports.
		Moore was elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1966, three years after his final bout, a three-round knockout of Mike DiBiase at Phoenix, and five years after he was stripped of his title by the National Boxing Association because of politics.
		Moore, whose trademark was a ready smile and knee-length boxing trunks, traveled the world as an ambassador for the sport and spent much of his retirement lecturing young boys about the evil of drugs.
	www.cyberboxingzone.com /boxing/archie1209.htm (797 words)

	TheBoxingFan.com: Boxing Articles - Archie Moore
		Archie came on to stop Durelle in the eleventh round to retain his title in a classic thriller.
		Moore did not defend his title at all in 1960 much to the dismay of the National Boxing Association who withdrew recognition of Archie as a champion on October 25th.
		Archie Moore's recent passing was a sad blow to the boxing community, but what he brought to the sport will never be forgotten.
	www.theboxingfan.com /ar03-8-21jaArchie.asp (880 words)

	St. Louis Walk of Fame - Archie Moore
		Moore began his professional career fighting locally in 1936, but his impressive record and imposing knockout style caused champions to avoid him.
		Moore finally got a title shot in 1952 at the age of 39, winning the light heavyweight crown before a hometown crowd in St. Louis.
		As generous outside the ring as he was unrelenting inside it, Archie Moore devoted himself to serving underprivileged children throughout his life.
	www.stlouiswalkoffame.org /inductees/archie-moore.html (144 words)

	Archie Moore's Most Memorable Triumph
		Moore shrugged off the loss to Patterson — what he considered the low point of his fistic career — and was unbeaten in his next 16 fights, the only blemish being a draw with journeyman heavyweight Howard King in the summer of ’58.
		Moore landed several solid blows to the cranium of the Canadian in the sixth, then pressed the advantage in the seventh, briefly sending Durelle to the canvas with a well-placed right.
		Archie Moore, who turned 45 three days after beating Durelle, had fought twice for the heavyweight championship and had engaged in countless ring wars with virtually every notable light-heavyweight and heavyweight champion and contender for more than two decades.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=1503&more=1 (1911 words)

	AllRefer.com - Archie Moore (Sports, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He claimed to have been born in 1916 in Collinsville, Ill. He first boxed professionally as a middleweight in 1935 or 1936, winning his first 13 matches by knockouts.
		In a long and colorful career Moore, a clever boxer and dangerous puncher, engaged in 220 recorded bouts and scored 136 knockouts, a record in boxing history.
		Moore twice fought for the heavyweight championship : in 1955 he was beaten by Rocky Marciano, and in 1956 he lost to Floyd Patterson.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Moore-Ar.html (205 words)

	Powell's Books - The Ageless Warrior: The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore by Mike Fitzgerald
		Moore's vast career and exploits are finally chronicled in "The Long Sunset: The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore, highlighting his seven-decade boxing career.
		The versatile Moore often fought at heavyweight in the 1950s, twice challenging for the heavyweight crown, including an epic battle with Marciano in 1955.
		Moore was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=27900&cgi=product&isbn=1582612552 (377 words)

	The Ageless Warrior: The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fitzgerald, with the cooperation of Archie Moore and his immediately family, finally tells the true story of the "Old Mongoose" with pleasing results.
		Starting his career in the middleweight division, Moore moved up in weigh class in 1945 and ultimately dominated the light-heavy weight division, winning his first world title in 1952 (at age 39) and successfully defending title for nearly a decade.
		Retiring from the ring in 1963, Moore remained active in boxing for the rest of his life, helping guide George Foreman to the heavyweight title in 1973 and overseeing his legendary comeback in 1987.
	www.discountsubscriptions.info /1582612552/The_Ageless_Warrior_The_Life_of_Boxing_Legend_Archie_Moore.html (551 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Archie Moore vs. Floyd Patterson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Archie Moore floored Rocky Marciano in the second round of their world heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium on September 21, 1955 before succumbing in round nine.
		Moore himself claimed that he was born in Collinsville, Illinois on December 13, 1913, but his mother said that he was born three years earlier in Benoit, Mississippi.
		Archie later stated he had given the matter serious thought and come to the conclusion he was three years old when he was born.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0970837186?v=glance (868 words)

	Archie Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Moore won the light-heavyweight title at age 39.
		Moore retired at 49 in 1963 after a career considered one of the most amazing examples of longevity in sports.
		Moore was elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1966.
	members.aol.com /deathpool/obits98/moorearc.html (217 words)

	Archie Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Archie Moore, the White Slave: Or, Memoirs of a Fugitive (Reprints of Economic Classics)
		Archie Moore: The Ole Mongoose : The Authorized Biography of Archie Moore, Undefeated Light Heavyweight Champion of the World
		Archie L. Moore and Constance D. Harney (SuDoc NAS 1.15:100427)
	www.veryhappening.com /things/archie_moore (66 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Archie Moore: The Ole Mongoose : The Authorized Biography of Archie Moore, Undefeated Light ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Archie Moore, The Ole Mongoose by Marilyn G. Douroux was an attempt to write a great book about a great man and a great Champion.
		Douroux knows her subject very well, and the book was written with Archie Moore's blessing, but the story of Archie Moore and his life is much more interesting than this book eventually proved to be.
		The book is nice because the author seemingly had full access to Archie Moore and there are several pages of pictures and press clippings that one won't see anywhere else but this book.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0828319421?v=glance (812 words)

	George Plimpton vs. Archie Moore \| TheSweetScience.com Boxing
		Moore was light heavyweight champ from 1952-1962 and a cunning ring presence.
		Probably because Archie was involved, Stillman “agreed to turn over his premises, though he told me what a businesslike establishment he was running there, and what a considerable inconvenience it was going to be to stop operations for the hour or so of the exhibition.
		George Plimpton and Archie Moore returned to their cubicles and a mob filled the cramped space.
	www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1916/george-plimpton-archie-moore (3327 words)

	Archie Moore - Reviews on RateItAll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Archie Moore deserves to be ranked among the other greats of this list.
		But Moore was so much more than a champion at light heavyweight, as he mentored wayward fighters to glory (such as a 1970s scowling George Foreman).
		Moore wouldn't quit, gradually regained his senses and his strength, let Durrell punch himself out and then knocked him out.
	www.rateitall.com /i-20514-archie-moore.aspx (768 words)

	©ARTLETICS - Books - The Ageless Warrior: The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the long history of professional boxing there was only one man who fought both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali.
		Moore’s vast career and exploits are finally chronicled in The Ageless Warrior: The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore, highlighting his seven-decade boxing career.
		Author and veteran boxing biographer Mike Fitzgerald spent several months with Moore before the boxer’s 1998 death in an effort to capture the full life story of one of the 20th century’s most colorful and accomplished athletes.
	www.artletics.com /books_boxing_archie_moore.htm (123 words)

	Sweet Science-Boxing
		Archie Moore, achievement is the ultimate, one enduring 27 years through the '40s, '50s and 60s, finishing with a record of 196-26-8 with 143 KOs.
		It must be remembered that when Moore fought Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) the Louisville Lip was 20 and Moore was stalking 50.
		Now years later he predicted 'Moore in four.' I knew what he was trying to do, because he learned it from me. I knew the game he was playing.
	www.gamemasteronline.com /Archive/SweetScience/ArchieMoore.shtml (1884 words)

	ARCHIE MOORE - ANNOTATED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED
		Moore was World Light Heavyweight Champion from 1952-1960.
		Moore fought 220 times with a record 136 KOs.
		Moore retired in 1963 and turned to writing and acting.
	www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/1_2001/sports/ARCHIE_MOORE.htm (192 words)

	Archie Moore's Buffalo Wing Sauce also Chicken Wings
		When Archibald Moore opened his neighborhood bar and grill in 1898, he probably had no idea it would become a New Haven landmark known for its hot and spicy chicken wings.
		Archie Moore's will become your party's favorite, great tasting Buffalo Wing Sauce.
		Whatever recipe Archie Moore's uses, its wings have become a landmark in New Haven.
	www.yankeegrocery.com /archie_moore.html (1517 words)

	Review - Archie Moore's Restaraunt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Archie's wisely bases it's menu on what it does best.
		Add rich and meaty ribs, hearty chili, and a nice variety of large and well executed burgers, and this place makes a real satisfying event out of stopping for a bite.
		Note: Archie's has recently purchased a large restaurant in Milford near the Green.
	members.iconn.net /~gedney/revArchies.htm (344 words)

	archie moore's hot sauce Site Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	search-now150.com /sites/hot_sauce/archie_moore's_hot_sauce.html (83 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Ageless Warrior: The Life of Boxing Legend Archie Moore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The fact that the author spent time with Archie and his family shows in the detail and insight.
		If you are not too familiar with the life, times and career of Archie Moore, then get this book.
		I guarantee that no matter how many boxing heroes you have already, when you finish reading it Archie Moore will be right up there with your other favourites.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1582612552 (489 words)

	Wired News: Passage: Archie Moore, 84 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Moore confounded Father Time, boxing until he was 49 and picking up most of his victories after 30, when most fighters have retired.
		Moore won the light heavyweight crown in 1952, when he was already 39.
		He spent his retirement as an ambassador for a sport that sorely needs one and working with disadvantaged kids.
	www.wired.com /news/print/0,1294,16763,00.html (173 words)

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