Is Glen Johnson really Archie Moore?

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 17 Dec 2004, 06:47

In 1951 Archie Moore had 18 Bouts, including in those were a win and a loss against Harold Johnson, it shows how much these guys had to fight to earn money to survive.

Imagine if he and Ezzard Charles were around today, they would have been millionaires.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 17 Dec 2004, 06:47

Moore was a great story teller, he told the press he learned the secrets of nutrition from the aborigines, but said that he did actually get an idea from them, because on their long treks they lived on dried kangaroo meat which they chewed.

I'd loved to have met Moore, he seems like such a character, his autobiography feels like you're sitting down next to him, great little book.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 17 Dec 2004, 07:00

He wasn't a bad actor either, i remember watching him in Huckleberry Finn

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 17 Dec 2004, 07:00

He wasn't a bad actor either, i remember watching him in Huckleberry Finn

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 17 Dec 2004, 07:38

And is Tarver, really Kid Chocolate??

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 17 Dec 2004, 08:03

Except that Kid Chocolate wasn't a fufu head.

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 17 Dec 2004, 16:33

MightyWarrior wrote:And is Tarver, really Kid Chocolate??

Great pic of Kid Chocolate! where did you get that from?....

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 17 Dec 2004, 16:41

I'm sure Moore could have picked up the world Middle weight title had he been given a shot at it. There was a bunch of great fighters in the 40s who were all avoided by the champions and Moore fought them all including Jimmy Bivins, Holman Williams, Shorty Hogue, Jack Chase, Ezzard Charles.... only Moore and Charles managed to get title shots.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 18 Dec 2004, 11:45

silkov wrote: Great pic of Kid Chocolate! where did you get that from?....

Just a google search under Kid Chocolate pictures I think...

Manos de Oro · Post by **Manos de Oro** » 18 Dec 2004, 11:53

Both looked like drought victims at the weigh-in. Tarver TKO 6/PTS if he doesn't land his money punch, or Johnson PTS.