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Davey Moore (June 9, 1959 – June 3, 1988) was an American professional boxer who held the WBA light middleweight title between February 1982 and June 1983, the second of two professional champions who shared the name in the second half of the 20th century.
1 day ago · More than a 60 years after his death at age 29, Moore — who was born on this date in 1933 — remains one of the Miami Valley’s greatest sports legends. ... He was just 13 years old when he ...
Jul 17, 2011 · July 17, 2011 12 AM PT. Davey Moore may be gone, but he’s not forgotten. Longtime boxing fans remember him as a featherweight champion who fell into a coma shortly after losing his title in a bout...
Sep 20, 2017 · Davey Moore’s death caused public outcries from many, including a 21-year-old songwriter named Bob Dylan whose song "Who Killed Davey Moore" became a staple of his live set. Even though the father of her five children was dead, Geraldine held her husband’s death against no one.
On Monday morning, 75 hours later, Davey Moore died—the second world champion to lose his life within a year. Last March Benny Paret died from the battering he got from Emile Griffith in...
Davey Moore, the 29-year-old featherweight champion of the world, is in superb fighting shape this March evening. Weighing in at “125 and a quarter pounds,” he looks as if he were chiseled from stone.
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March 25, 1963: 29-year-old featherweight champion Davey Moore dies from injuries sustained four days earlier in a title defense against Sugar Ramos. The fight is immortalized by Bob Dylan's 'Who Killed Davey Moore?', in which everyone -- Ramos, the referee, the manager, the fans -- says 'not me'.
