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Archie Moore (186-23-10) and Charley Norkus (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Archie Moore vs Charley Norkus — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Archie Moore

186–23–10

226 tracked bouts

Charley Norkus

Tracked record

1–4

5 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Archie Moore leads 1–0

The Numbers

186-23-10 (edge)
Record
1-4

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

87.2% (edge)
Win %
20%
132 (edge)
Wins by knockout
0
70.97%
KO rate
70% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
0%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

8
Times stopped
1 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

2 (edge)
Title reigns
0
8.2 (edge)
Bouts per year
1.3

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

226
Bouts tracked
5

Tale of the Tape

5′11″ (180 cm)
Height
75″ (190 cm)
Reach
112
Age
Orthodox
Stance
Middleweight
Division
United States
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Archie Moore · 190 wins

KO/TKO
133
Decision
57
Other
0

Charley Norkus · 1 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (226 and 5 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Archie Moore

    DMD · May 1962

    Willie Pastrano

    Charley Norkus

    LUD · Dec 1956
  • Archie Moore

    LKO R8 · Jan 1948LMD · May 1947LUD · May 1946

    Ezzard Charles

    Charley Norkus

    LUD · Feb 1955

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Archie Moore

WLLDW

W1 streak · last fought Mar 15, 1963

Charley Norkus

LLLWL

L3 streak · last fought May 26, 1958

Common Questions

Have Archie Moore and Charley Norkus ever fought each other?
Yes. Archie Moore and Charley Norkus met once on May 26, 1958, and Archie Moore won by UD.
Who has the better record, Archie Moore or Charley Norkus?
Archie Moore is 186-23-10 and Charley Norkus is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Archie Moore has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Archie Moore or Charley Norkus?
Archie Moore has 132 knockout wins and Charley Norkus has 0. Archie Moore has more.
Do Archie Moore and Charley Norkus have any common opponents?
Archie Moore and Charley Norkus share 2 common opponents: Willie Pastrano and Ezzard Charles. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Archie Moore and Charley Norkus?
This comparison is drawn from 226 bouts tracked for Archie Moore and 5 bouts tracked for Charley Norkus. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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