Davey Moore

DAVEY MOORE d1963. American featherweight world champion boxer who fought professionally from 1953 to 1963. Boxing record 68 Fights / 59 Wins / 7 Losses. From the beginning of his career through 1956 he fought a total of 29 bouts with a total record of 22–5–1 and 1 no contest. Beginning with his April 10th 1957 fight against Gil Cadilli, he had an 18-bout winning streak, ending when he lost to Carlos Morocho Hernández on March 17th 1960. It was during this period (on March 18th 1959) that he won the World Featherweight Title from Hogan "Kid" Bassey. He retained the title through the remainder of his career (defending it successfully 5 times) and losing it to Sugar Ramos on March 21st 1963. He died in Los Angeles on March 25th 1963 (aged just 29) as a result of injuries sustained in a match against Sugar Ramos. His body lay in state at the South Los Angeles funeral home on Tuesday March 26th for just 10 hours. Over 10,000 people filed by to pay their respects