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Archie Moore vs Roy Shire — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Archie Moore

Roy Shire

Archie Moore (186-23-10) and Roy Shire (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Shire

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Roy Shire have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.

Archie Moore and Roy Shire have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.
Met1956Sep 8Series
Archie MooreFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Roy ShireFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Moore 4 · Shire 1 of 5 measurable rows
MooreShire
Record†
186-23-10 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
87.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 132
132 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
71%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 220
220
1

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

Archie Moore left, Roy Shire 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%

Roy Shire0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Roy Shire: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shire yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Archie Moore 220, Roy Shire 1 — 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

Roy Shire last boxed on Sep 8, 1956 — 25,614 days ago. Shire had lost the most recent, to Archie Moore.L

Moore Sep 1956

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Archie Moore and Roy Shire ever fought each other?
Yes. Archie Moore and Roy Shire met once on September 8, 1956, and Archie Moore won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WSep 8, 1956 · Moore · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Moore or Shire?
Archie Moore is 186-23-10 and Roy Shire is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Shire0–10%

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

Moore13271%

Shire0

The Numbers ↓
Do Moore and Shire have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Archie Moore and Roy Shire have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Moore and Shire?
This comparison is drawn from 220 bouts tracked for Archie Moore and 1 bout tracked for Roy Shire. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Moore220bouts

Shire1bout

How They Win ↓

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