Even before the bout started, the young pretender to the heavyweight title assumed the prerogatives of a champion. Floyd Patterson, 21, made Archie Moore, the fading patriarch (39, going on 43) of the ...

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Patterson had a fantastic hall of fame career, he won the the New York Golden Gloves tournament, a gold medal as a middleweight in the 1952 Olympics, stopped Archie Moore in 1956 to become the ...

In London last week ancient (42) Archie Moore peered curiously for nine sparring rounds at a raw West Indian named Yolande Pompey before calmly knocking him kicking in the tenth to hold on to his ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Boxing yearbook magazine, 1961 ...