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Archie Moore vs Johnny Davison — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Archie Moore

Johnny Davison

Archie Moore (186-23-10) and Johnny Davison (2-6 across 8 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

Davison

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 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 Johnny Davison have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.

Archie Moore and Johnny Davison have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.
Met1937Jan 18Series
Archie MooreFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny DavisonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Moore 6 · Davison 1 of 7 measurable rows
MooreDavison
Record†
186-23-10 (edge)2-6
Win %0–100%
87.2% (edge)
25%
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
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8
8 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 220
220
8

† 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″
Johnny Davison: No height on file
Reachnot held
Archie Moore: 75″
Johnny Davison: No reach on file
Agenot held
Archie Moore: Died aged 84
Johnny Davison: No date of birth
Stance
Archie Moore: Orthodox
Johnny Davison: Not recorded

Archie Moore left, Johnny Davison 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%

Johnny Davison2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Johnny Davison: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Archie Moore 220, Johnny Davison 8 — 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

Johnny Davison last boxed on Jan 10, 1998 — 10,510 days ago. Davison had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Qawi Jan 1981Lampkin Jul 1983Qawi Sep 1983Sprott Feb 1997Sprott Jan 19980.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Archie Moore and Johnny Davison ever fought each other?
Yes. Archie Moore and Johnny Davison met once on January 18, 1937, and Archie Moore won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

WJan 18, 1937 · Moore · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Moore or Davison?
Archie Moore is 186-23-10 and Johnny Davison is 2-6 across the 8 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%

Davison2–625%

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

Moore13271%

Davison0

The Numbers ↓
Do Moore and Davison have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Archie Moore and Johnny Davison have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Moore and Davison?
This comparison is drawn from 220 bouts tracked for Archie Moore and 8 bouts tracked for Johnny Davison. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Moore220bouts

Davison8bouts

How They Win ↓

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