Davey Moore
Featherweight · United States

Davey Moore

59-8-1, 1 NC 30 KO · 1953–1963

Photo: Ensio Ilmonen / Lehtikuva, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Davey Moore was a featherweight boxer from United States, born Nov 1, 1933. Record 59-8-1, 1 NC with 30 knockouts over 1953–1963. World titles: WBA featherweight (1959–1963). Davey Moore last fought Sugar Ramos on Mar 21, 1963 and lost by RTD in round 10 of 15.

Also: Дейві Мур · ديفى مور · ديفي مور
+8 moreデビー・ムーア · Davey Moore (1933-1963) · David Moore · David S. Moore · David Schultz Moore · Davy Moore · ديفي مور (ملاكم مواليد ١٩٣٣) · デビー・S・ムーア
BornNov 1, 1933
DiedMar 25, 1963
Country🇺🇸 United States
Height159 cm
NicknameSpringfield Rifle
DebutMay 11, 1953
Career1953–1963
Rounds boxed500
KO share51%
Born inLexington, Kentucky, U.S.
TitlesWBA featherweight · 1959–1963
Boxerbook rating1791 ± 303 · inactive since Mar 1963Why here ›
Confirmed bouts5 of 69

Career record

Record
59-8-1, 1 NC, 30 KOs · 1953–1963

Last result

L
Sugar Ramos 🇨🇺
Lost WBA and The Ring featherweight titles
RTD 10/15 · Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
1963-03-21 ›
✓✓ two sources

The record

69 bouts, 1953–1963, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.

Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 69, Wikipedia (ja) · 2, Wikipedia (es) · 1

L
Sugar Ramos 🇨🇺
Lost WBA and The Ring featherweight titles
RTD 10/15 · Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 59-7-1 · Ramos 38-1-3
1963-03-21 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Gil Cadilli
TKO 5/10 · Civic Auditorium, San Jose, 🇺🇸
Moore 58-7-1 · Cadilli —
1963-02-18 ›
✓ one source
W
Fili Nava
UD 10/10 · Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, 🇺🇸
Moore 57-7-1 · Nava —
1962-12-11 ›
✓ one source
W
Olli Mäki 🇫🇮
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring featherweight titles
TKO 2/15 · Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, 🇫🇮
Moore 56-7-1 · Mäki —
1962-08-17 ›
✓ one source
W
Mario Diaz
KO 2/10 · Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Moore 55-7-1 · Diaz —
1962-07-09 ›
✓ one source
W
Cisco Andrade
TKO 7/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 54-7-1 · Andrade —
1962-03-09 ›
✓ one source
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring featherweight titles
UD 15/15 · Kokugikan, Tokyo, 🇯🇵
Moore 53-7-1 · Takayama 8-1-0
1961-11-13 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Felix Cervantes
KO 5/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 52-7-1 · Cervantes —
1961-10-12 ›
✓ one source
W
Kid Irapuato
TKO 6/10 · Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Moore 51-7-1 · Irapuato —
1961-09-19 ›
✓ one source
W
Felix Cervantes
UD 10/10 · Campo de Softball, Mexicali, Baja California, 🇲🇽
Moore 50-7-1 · Cervantes —
1961-07-17 ›
✓ one source
W
Gil Cadilli
UD 10/10 · Convention Center, Las Vegas, 🇺🇸
Moore 49-7-1 · Cadilli —
1961-07-06 ›
✓ one source
W
Danny Valdez 🇺🇸
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring featherweight titles
KO 1/15 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 48-7-1 · Valdez —
1961-04-08 ›
✓ one source
W
Ray Nobile
PTS 10/10 · Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome, Italy
Moore 47-7-1 · Nobile —
1961-02-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Fred Galiana 🇪🇸
TKO 4/10 · Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain
Moore 46-7-1 · Galiana —
1961-01-27 ›
✓ one source
W
PTS 10/10 · Palais de Sports, Paris, France
Moore 45-7-1 · Lamperti —
1961-01-09 ›
✓ one source
W
Rudy Corona
KO 7/10 · Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, 🇲🇽
Moore 44-7-1 · Corona —
1960-12-03 ›
✓ one source
W
David Camacho
KO 8/10 · Nogales, Sonora, 🇲🇽
Moore 43-7-1 · Camacho —
1960-11-27 ›
✓ one source
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring featherweight titles
UD 15/15 · Korakuen Baseball Stadium, Tokyo, Japan
Moore 42-7-1 · Takayama 6-0-0
1960-08-29 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Kid Irapuato
UD 10/10 · Tijuana, Baja California, 🇲🇽
Moore 41-7-1 · Irapuato —
1960-08-01 ›
✓ one source
W
Frank Valdez
TKO 6/10 · Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 🇺🇸
Moore 40-7-1 · Valdez —
1960-07-20 ›
✓ one source
Show all 69 bouts
L
RTD 7/10 · Nuevo Circo, Caracas, 🇻🇪
Moore 40-6-1 · Hernández 13-0-2
1960-03-17 ›
✓ one source
L
RTD 7/10 · Nuevo Circo, Caracas, 🇻🇪
Moore 40-5-1 · Hernández 12-0-2
1960-03-14 ›
✓ one source
W
TKO 8/10 · Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela
Moore 39-5-1 · Caprari —
1960-02-22 ›
✓ one source
W
Hilario Morales
UD 10/10 · Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California, 🇺🇸
Moore 38-5-1 · Morales —
1959-12-14 ›
✓ one source
W
Bobby Neill 🇬🇧
TKO 1/10 · Empire Pool, Wembley, London, 🇬🇧
Moore 37-5-1 · Neill —
1959-10-20 ›
✓ one source
W
Hogan Bassey 🇳🇬
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring featherweight titles
RTD 11/15 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 36-5-1 · Bassey —
1959-08-19 ›
✓ one source
W
Hogan Bassey 🇳🇬
Won NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring featherweight titles
RTD 13/15 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 35-5-1 · Bassey —
1959-03-18 ›
✓ one source
W
KO 1/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 34-5-1 · Moreno 31-4-1
1958-12-11 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Kid Anahuac
UD 10/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 33-5-1 · Anahuac —
1958-09-25 ›
✓ one source
W
Kid Anahuac
SD 10/10 · Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, 🇲🇽
Moore 32-5-1 · Anahuac —
1958-07-28 ›
✓ one source
W
Lauro Salas 🇲🇽
UD 10/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 31-5-1 · Salas 81-49-10
1958-06-19 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Roberto Garcia
UD 10/10 · El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Moore 30-5-1 · Garcia —
1958-05-24 ›
✓ one source
W
Vince Delgado
KO 3/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 29-5-1 · Delgado —
1958-03-06 ›
✓ one source
W
Fili Nava
UD 10/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Moore 28-5-1 · Nava —
1958-02-20 ›
✓ one source
W
Victor Manuel Quijano
TKO 9/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Moore 27-5-1 · Quijano —
1958-01-09 ›
✓ one source
W
Jose Luis Cotero
UD 10/10 · Capitol Arena, Washington, 🇺🇸
Moore 26-5-1 · Cotero —
1957-11-08 ›
✓ one source
W
Victor Manuel Quijano
SD 10/10 · War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York, 🇺🇸
Moore 25-5-1 · Quijano —
1957-08-14 ›
✓ one source
W
Isidro Martinez
UD 10/10 · Capitol Arena, Washington, District of Columbia, 🇺🇸
Moore 24-5-1 · Martinez —
1957-07-05 ›
✓ one source
W
Buddy McDonald
UD 10/10 · Interstate Fairgrounds, Spokane, Washington, 🇺🇸
Moore 23-5-1 · McDonald —
1957-06-13 ›
✓ one source
W
Gil Cadilli
UD 10/10 · Biscayne Arena, Miami, Florida, 🇺🇸
Moore 22-5-1 · Cadilli —
1957-04-10 ›
✓ one source
L
Bobby Rogers
PTS 8/8 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Moore 22-4-1 · Rogers —
1956-11-07 ›
✓ one source
W
Jimmy DeMura
PTS 6/6 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Moore 21-4-1 · DeMura —
1956-10-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Charlie Slaughter
KO 4/10 · Palais des Sports, Montreal, Quebec, 🇨🇦
Moore 20-4-1 · Slaughter —
1956-06-05 ›
✓ one source
W
Jimmy Hackney
DQ 6/8 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Moore 19-4-1 · Hackney —
1955-12-16 ›
✓ one source
W
Nat Jackson
KO 2/10 · Coliseum Arenac New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸
Moore 18-4-1 · Jackson —
1955-10-17 ›
✓ one source
W
Ray Riojas
UD 10/10 · County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, 🇺🇸
Moore 17-4-1 · Riojas —
1955-09-19 ›
✓ one source
L
Santiago Martinez
PTS 10/10 · Havana, Cuba
Moore 17-3-1 · Martinez —
1955-07-16 ›
✓ one source
W
Pedro Tesis
PTS 10/10 · Arena de Colon, Colon City, 🇵🇦
Moore 16-3-1 · Tesis —
1955-05-15 ›
✓ one source
L
Isidro Martinez
PTS 10/10 · Arena de Colon, Colon City, Colon, 🇵🇦
Moore 16-2-1 · Martinez —
1955-05-01 ›
✓ one source
W
John Barnes
UD 6/6 · Motor City Arena, Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Moore 15-2-1 · Barnes —
1955-01-18 ›
✓ one source
W
Eddie Burgin
Won Ohio featherweight title
TKO 9/12 · Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
Moore 14-2-1 · Burgin —
1954-12-07 ›
✓ one source
W
Dick Armstrong
TKO 6/10 · Gymnastic Club, Dayton, 🇺🇸
Moore 13-2-1 · Armstrong —
1954-10-25 ›
✓ one source
W
Herky Kaminsky
UD 10/10 · Memorial Hall, Springfield, 🇺🇸
Moore 12-2-1 · Kaminsky —
1954-06-29 ›
✓ one source
D
Herky Kaminsky
PTS 10/10 · Memorial Hall, Springfield, 🇺🇸
Moore 12-2-0 · Kaminsky —
1954-05-18 ›
✓ one source
W
Charley Riley 🇺🇸
MD 10/10 · Kiel Auditorium, St Louis, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Moore 11-2-0 · Riley —
1954-04-20 ›
✓ one source
W
Jack Ingram
KO 1/10 · Memorial Hall, Springfield, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Moore 10-2-0 · Ingram —
1954-04-08 ›
✓ one source
W
Leo Carter
TKO 2/6 · Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
Moore 9-2-0 · Carter —
1954-04-01 ›
✓ one source
W
Bob Keeling
TKO 3/6 · Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Moore 8-2-0 · Keeling —
1954-03-13 ›
✓ one source
L
Jackie Blair
UD 10/10 · Armory, Akron, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Moore 8-1-0 · Blair —
1954-02-04 ›
✓ one source
W
Eddie Crawford
TKO 2/6 · Memorial Hall, Columbus, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Moore 7-1-0 · Crawford —
1954-01-05 ›
✓ one source
W
Eddie Cooper
KO 3/8 · Gymnastic Club, Dayton, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Moore 6-1-0 · Cooper —
1953-11-20 ›
✓ one source
NC
Raul Prado
NC 3/8 · Grand Rapids Stadium, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Moore 6-1-0 · Prado —
1953-10-22 ›
✓ one source
L
Russell Tague
PTS 6/6 · Rainbo Arena, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Moore 6-0-0 · Tague —
1953-10-03 ›
✓ one source
W
Ed Hughes
KO 4/5 · Rainbo Arena, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Moore 5-0-0 · Hughes —
1953-08-29 ›
✓ one source
W
Eddie Gonzales
KO 1 · Fort Williams, Kentucky, 🇺🇸
Moore 4-0-0 · Gonzales —
1953-07-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Dick Armstrong
TKO 4/6 · Municipal Stadium, Portsmouth, 🇺🇸
Moore 3-0-0 · Armstrong —
1953-06-15 ›
✓ one source
W
Terry Book
PTS 6/6 · Rainbo Arena, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Moore 2-0-0 · Book —
1953-06-01 ›
✓ one source
W
Ralph Capone
PTS 4/4 · Rainbo Arena, Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Moore 1-0-0 · Capone —
1953-05-25 ›
✓ one source
W
Willie Reece
UD 6/6 · Municipal Stadium, Portsmouth, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Moore 0-0-0 · Reece —
1953-05-11 ›
✓ one source

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

1959-03-18 – 1963-03-21

Facts

What is Davey Moore's record?
Davey Moore's professional record is 59-8-1, 1 NC with 30 knockouts.
Who did Davey Moore fight last?
Davey Moore last fought Sugar Ramos on Mar 21, 1963 and lost by RTD in round 10 of 15.
Which world titles has Davey Moore held?
Davey Moore has held 1 world title reign: WBA featherweight (1959–1963).

Sources

Boxerbook ID 1872 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/1872. Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.

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