A tale of hardship and resilience outside the ring
JOHN WIGHT writes about how no one eclipses Archie Moore when it comes to understanding the meaning of the word ‘struggle’
Archie Moore
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WITHIN the pantheon of legendary exponents of the sweet science, no-one eclipses Archie Moore when it comes to understanding the meaning of the word “struggle.”
A ring career that began in 1935 and ended in 1962 says it all. In between lies a story of such hardship and resilience outside the ring it makes anything he experienced inside the ring child’s play by comparison.
Born in 1916 in Mississippi, Moore grew up in St Louis, Missouri, and began fighting professionally at the age of 20. His record of 214 fights represents an astonishing amount of wear and tear, you might think, but Moore was a master of defence to the point where he rarely took a clean shot.
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