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Archie Moore vs Honeyboy Jones — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Archie Moore

Honeyboy Jones

Archie Moore (186-23-10) and Honeyboy Jones (1-8 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Moore

186

Wins132 KO · 71%

23

Losses

10

Draws220 tracked bouts

Jones

Tracked record

1–8

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Moore leads 1–0

Archie Moore and Honeyboy Jones have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.

Archie Moore and Honeyboy Jones have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.
Met1939Dec 7Series
Archie MooreFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Honeyboy JonesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Moore 6 · Jones 1 of 7 measurable rows
MooreJones
Record†
186-23-10 (edge)1-8
Win %0–100%
87.2% (edge)
11.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 132
132 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
71% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8
8 (edge)
2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 220
220
9

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Archie Moore: 5′11″
Honeyboy Jones: No height on file
Reachnot held
Archie Moore: 75″
Honeyboy Jones: No reach on file
Agenot held
Archie Moore: Died aged 84
Honeyboy Jones: No date of birth
Stance
Archie Moore: Orthodox
Honeyboy Jones: Not recorded

Archie Moore left, Honeyboy Jones right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Archie Moore186 wins · from 220 tracked bouts

Archie Moore: 186 tracked wins — 132 by KO/TKO (71%) and 54 on the cards (29%). Counted from 220 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

132 by KO/TKO 71%54 on the cards 29%

Honeyboy Jones1 win · from 9 tracked bouts

Honeyboy Jones: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Archie Moore 220, Honeyboy Jones 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Archie Moore has won once since two bouts without a win. Moore last boxed on Mar 15, 1963.WWDLW

Lavorante Mar 1962King May 1962Pastrano May 1962Ali Nov 1962DiBiase Mar 19638 tracked bouts per year

Honeyboy Jones last boxed on Dec 7, 1939 — 31,730 days ago. Jones had lost five straight.LLLLL

Conn Jan 1938Conn Oct 1938Overlin Jun 1939Overlin Nov 1939Moore Dec 19392.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Archie Moore and Honeyboy Jones ever fought each other?
Yes. Archie Moore and Honeyboy Jones met once on December 7, 1939, and Archie Moore won by PTS.
The meeting

WDec 7, 1939 · Moore · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Moore or Jones?
Archie Moore is 186-23-10 and Honeyboy Jones is 1-8 across the 9 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.
Records · win %

Moore186–23–1087.2%

Jones1–811.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Moore or Jones?
Archie Moore has 132 knockout wins and Honeyboy Jones has 0. Archie Moore has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Moore13271%

Jones0

The Numbers ↓
Do Moore and Jones have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Archie Moore and Honeyboy Jones have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Moore and Jones?
This comparison is drawn from 220 bouts tracked for Archie Moore and 9 bouts tracked for Honeyboy Jones. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Moore220bouts

Jones9bouts

How They Win ↓

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