Tag Archives: Archie Moore
Jack Kearns
Jack Kearns (Boxing. Born, Waterloo, MI, July 17, 1883; died, Miami Beach, FL, June 17, 1963.) One of the celebrated characters of boxing for decades, Jack Kearns (born John Leo McKernan) managed six world champions. Kearns managed heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey for eight years (1917-25) and combined with Tex Rickard to promote Dempsey into a million-dollar gate […]
Archie Moore
Archie Moore (Boxing. Born, Benoit, MS, Dec. 13, 1913; died, San Diego, CA, Dec. 9, 1998.) One of the best fighters and greatest characters of boxing’s last “Golden Age” in the 1950s and early 1960s, Archie Moore was the light heavyweight champion for over nine years (1952-62). Moore fought several times for the heavyweight title, […]
Bobo Olson
Bobo Olson (Boxing. Born, Honolulu, HI, July 11, 1928; died, Honolulu, HI, Jan. 16, 2002.) A middleweight champion (1953-55), Carl Olson became famous for four legendary losses to Sugar Ray Robinson and three of his five New York fights. In 1953, Olson won the American middleweight title with a 15-round decision over Paddy Young June 19 […]
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano (Boxing. Born, Brockington, MA, Sept. 1, 1923; died, Newton, IA, Aug. 31, 1969.) As the only undefeated heavyweight champion in ring history, Rocky Marciano is unique. Rocco Francis Marciano was a popular champion with New Yorkers and he made four of his six title defenses in New York, as well as fighting six […]
Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson (Boxing. Born, Waco, NC, Jan. 4, 1935; died, New Paltz, NY, May 11, 2006.) Although he was born in North Carolina, New York fans adopted Floyd Patterson as one of their own, and he was to become a New York institution after making his pro debut at St. Nick’s Arena Sept. 12, 1952. […]
