Memphis Pal Moore | |
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| Born | Thomas Wilson Moore July 28, 1894 Kenton, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | March 15, 1953 (aged 58) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Other names | The Human Jumping Jack |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Bantamweight |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Reach | 66 in (168 cm) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 265;[1] with the inclusion of newspaper decisions |
| Wins | 170 |
| Wins by KO | 11 |
| Losses | 56 |
| Draws | 38 |
| No contests | 1 |
Memphis Pal Moore (born Thomas Wilson Moore) was an American boxer from Memphis, Tennessee, who claimed the World Bantamweight Championship in 1918 defeating championship claimant Johnny Ertle in Baltimore. He was rated as the seventeenth best bantamweight of all time by boxing.com, and was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2010.[2]
Managed by Tommy Walsh, Moore fought over 260 fights. He fought over thirty bouts with fifteen world champions, of which he impressively won nineteen.[2][3][4]
- ^ "BoxRec: Memphis Pal Moore".
- ^ a b "The Top 25 Bantamweights of All Time". boxing.com. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- ^ "Frankie Burns Biography". BoxRec. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- ^ "Memphis Pal Moore". BoxRec. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved August 8, 2016.