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Archie Moore vs Sterling Davis — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Archie Moore

Sterling Davis

Archie Moore (186-23-10) and Sterling Davis (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

Davis

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 Sterling Davis have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.

Archie Moore and Sterling Davis have met 1 time; Moore leads 1–0.
Met1959Mar 9Series
Archie MooreFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sterling DavisFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Moore 4 · Davis 1 of 5 measurable rows
MooreDavis
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″
Sterling Davis: No height on file
Reachnot held
Archie Moore: 75″
Sterling Davis: No reach on file
Agenot held
Archie Moore: Died aged 84
Sterling Davis: No date of birth
Stance
Archie Moore: Orthodox
Sterling Davis: Not recorded

Archie Moore left, Sterling Davis 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%

Sterling Davis0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Sterling Davis: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Davis yet.

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

Sterling Davis last boxed on Mar 9, 1959 — 24,701 days ago. Davis had lost the most recent, to Archie Moore.L

Moore Mar 1959

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Archie Moore and Sterling Davis ever fought each other?
Yes. Archie Moore and Sterling Davis met once on March 9, 1959, and Archie Moore won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WMar 9, 1959 · Moore · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Moore or Davis?
Archie Moore is 186-23-10 and Sterling Davis 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%

Davis0–10%

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

Moore13271%

Davis0

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

Moore220bouts

Davis1bout

How They Win ↓

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