by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today July 26, 2018. Musial was named St. Louis Baseball Man of the Year. Archie Moore (down on one knee) was 49 years old when he fought Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) on Nov. 15, 1962. Clay called him “Ancient Archie.” Clay knocked Moore out in the fourth round of a scheduled 12-rounder, but Moore, who will be inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Saturday night, holds the boxing record for knockouts with 131. Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News. • Indeed, Moore is the only boxer to have fought both Rocky Marciano and Muhammad Ali, although both were heavyweights and he as a light heavyweight. Archie Moore, one of the greatest boxers in the history of the sport, was born in the tiny Delta town of Benoit. Later in his life he turned to youth work, while still occasionally training or coaching boxers into the 1990s. Others had him being born in the Delta town of Benoit, in Bolivar County, in 1913. He was raised in St. Louis and took on the surname of his aunt and uncle, Cleveland and Lillie Pearl Moore. • Moore fought all over the world, in Australia, in England, in Panama, in Germany, in Mexico, in Brazil, in Uruguay and, famously, nine times in Argentina, where, for a time, he lived in the palace of Eva and Juan Peron. He is in various San Diego, St. Louis and California halls of fame, and, come Saturday, he will be in the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Moore became a film actor, receiving critical praise for his portrayal of the slave Jim in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1959). 1 light heavyweight of all-time. Archie was used to say: “I don’t worry about growing old, because worrying is a disease”. And perhaps Archie Moore, who died in 1998, should have the last word on this. • Those were the first and last of 131 career knockouts, a world record for any fighter in any division. May 7, 2020. Throughout his career Archie has shown dedication, passion and commitment out of the ordinary to achieve his goals: to better understand this concept it is significant to know that he was used to go jogging for miles every day with heavy steel-toed boots. “He should get out and let us take over. His work as a syndicated columnist and celebrated sports writer has appeared in numerous magazines, periodicals and newspapers. Dave Scott, Posted: May 7, 2020. He and a sister were sent to live with an aunt and uncle in Collinsville, Ill., 14 miles from St. Louis, when he was 3. Their second record (released 2020) is set to further unite the deep and resolute harmony of Moss’s accordion with the texture and flow of Moore’s viola; with droning, whirring, sparkling layers of electro-acoustic grit provoking a subtle complexity of palette. Dave Scott. • Most of Moore’s success came amazingly late in his career. Archie Moore was born on December 13, 1913 in Benoit, Mississippi, USA as Archibald Lee Wright. By 1935, he turned professional and began one of the longest, most active and most successful boxing careers in history of the sport. Corrections? Once, he was chatting with a friend in a Los Angeles gymnasium after a workout when he chanced to overhear a couple of young fighters discussing him. He was married to Joan Hardy and Elizabeth A. Thorton. This
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Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. There are sports stories and sports careers characterized by successes and achievements so relevant, engaging and unbelievable which seem to be written down in black and white to be published as a novel or created by the vivid imagination of a screenwriter to be used as a screenplay of a successful sports film. He was sports editor of Hattiesburg American, executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. This photo of Archie Moore was taken in 1997, a year before his death. He played, to positive reviews, the role of Jim, the runaway slave, in the Hollywood’s adaptation of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor’s in journalism, Rick has worked for the Monroe (La.) Dave Scott. He grew up amid poverty, attending segregated schools, until Cleveland Moore died when he was 15. VEW OUR MENU > Moore locations since 1898. The life of Archibald Lee Wright, better known as Archie Moore, Nicknamed “The Mongoose”, and then “The Old Mongoose” could be definitely mentioned as one of these stories. A professional boxer from the 1930s, Moore for many years was avoided by middleweight and light-heavyweight champions who considered him too formidable. His willingness to shake hands to fans, who greeted him everywhere, was a characteristic that set him apart from other boxers; It is said that, to leave the clubs he was used to go in Harlem, took no less than an hour while he was greeting all his fans. He acted in several other movies and TV shows such as Perry Mason, Wagon Train, Family Affair, and Batman. • When other boxers, such a Marciano avoided him, Moore waged publicity campaigns, soliciting the support of influential sports writers such as Red Smith to help him secure fights. A professional boxer from the A professional boxer from the “That old man should quit” said one of the apprentices, nodding toward Moore. Look at him with his old gray head!” Moore walked lightly over to where the two fighters were standing, and said, smiling, “It isn’t this old gray head that worries you young fellows, it’s this old gray fist”. Dave Scott, Posted: May 7, 2020. He was released from the reform school for good behavior, took a forestry job and began to box as an amateur in 1933. That’s what I like to do.”. Want more? GET YOUR BOTTLE > Moore good times since 1898. You cannot republish our photographs, illustrations, editorial cartoons or graphics without specific permission (contact our managing editor. Archie Moore met with three U.S. Presidents – Eisenhower, Reagan and the elder George Bush –to discuss his ideas for saving America’s inner city youth. Said he: “My mother should know since she was there.”, Says Billy Moore, Archie’s 68-year-old son who lives in San Diego, “My daddy was born in Benoit, Mississippi, and he was proud of it. A lively and informative new podcast for kids that the whole family will enjoy! Archie Moore also became an accomplished Hollywood and TV actor late in life. BBC Radio 2 folk award winners now combining electronic music with their contemporary compositions. His autobiography, The Archie Moore Story, appeared in 1960. And what would Archie Moore think of that? His mother said he was born in Benoit. He has been ranked by various publications as the No. “My dad saw the gang and drug problem that was happening with inner city youth all over this country,” said Billy Moore, who now runs the ABC Foundation. Archie Moore, byname of Archibald Lee Wright, (born Dec. 13, 1913, Benoit, Miss., U.S.—died Dec. 9, 1998, San Diego, Calif.), American boxer, world light-heavyweight champion from Dec. 17, 1952, when he defeated Joey Maxim in 15 rounds in St. Louis, Mo., until 1962, when he lost recognition as champion for failing to meet Harold Johnson, the leading 175-lb (80-kg) challenger. A colourful and popular champion, he called himself “the Old Mongoose” and encouraged controversy about his age.
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