The first time he saw North Adams. Mass., Archibald Lee Moore had one thought in mind: to fight his fight and get out of town. That night, in July 1949. he was scheduled to meet a light heavyweight ...

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 ...

He was just three days away from his 45th birthday, on the downside of one of the truly remarkable careers the sport of boxing has ever seen. When he entered the ring that was set up in the Montreal ...

The late boxing light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore could be making a comeback in Ramona. Efforts are underway to continue his legacy of teaching boxing to youths as a positive alternative to ...