Archie Moore vs Yvon Durelle I (Full fight)
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- Slight quality decrease in round 3 but only for that round as it came from an external source. Archie Moore the 50's Bernard Hopkins defends his LHW title aged 44 in a brutal war spliced with Moore's craft and boxing skill. Credit to Simbros for the footage.
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This was on free TV back when. This is more than a fight it's an all out war and Archie deserves to be mentioned in any ATG list and this fight IS the best comeback KO in the history of boxing period. You only see stuff like this in the movies, but this was real as real can be.
No it's draw with this fight and Ray Robinson vs Randy Turpin
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December 1958...Montreal Canada! Best Lt.Heavy title fight...and one of the best fights of all time!!! You'll never see fights like this in the "safety first" era of boxing as we have today! Archie Moore was champ from 1952 to 1962. He fought like a champion...never giving up!
I always thought this was Archie's finest moment.
Total warrior.
The Ole' Mongoose was a total warrior.
Archie was the greatest fighter that ever lived and fought the stiffest competition from the beginning to the end of his career from middleweight to heavyweight. How anybody can disrespect what hes done for boxing or argue otherwise is insulting.
Who has disrespected or argued otherwise? I know this comment was a decade ago, but who has done that?
WRONG
Top10 p4p arguably..Can’t put him at number one or top 5 and I love Archie..one of my all time favs
@@vanillasky1912 yeah,he's not the p4p goat because srr holds my place for that,but he's definitely the greatest light heavyweight ever,not even holyfield or patterson can surpass him in my opinion,patterson jumped to heavy and holyfield didn't have that same status as the old mongoose.
@@TheNeorchI got SRR at 3..Archie is behind Ezzard for for sure at light heavyweight and arguably other but he’s def 3-5 ..Holy was a cruiser never a light heavyweight..Patterson prob could’ve stayed but his prime weight was that of a cruiser aswell
I was 10 years old when I saw this fight and got me hooked. It has to be on my list of greatest fights of all time.
I was looking at the year and my dad he was 6 years old when this fight took place in Canada. Such an inspirational win .🏆
I had the honor of meeting Mr. Moore in the '90s in San Diego. Thanksgiving morning my wife had sent me to the grocery for some last minute stuff. At the end of my driveway there was a Caddy parked street side. The license plate said Mongoose. The elderly guy driving was wearing a knit type beret and poring over some hand written directions apparently a little lost. I immediately knew who he was and introduced myself. He said his son had just moved into the neighborhood and Mr. Moore was trying to get there for Thanksgiving. When he told me the address, I realized he was only a block away from his destination. I was familiar with the address because I was friends with the homeowner, whom I had worked with for 10 years without ever knowing his Dad was Archie Moore. Best autograph I ever got. It included his address and a written invitation to bring the family to check out his boxing glove shaped swimming pool. Greatest P4P that ever laced them up. Total gentleman.
The original comeback kid. I always come back to this fight. Yvon was dropping hammers on Moore knocked em down 5 times and he still came back with the K.O. victory. I don't know how this fight is never in the top 5 of greatest comebacks in boxing history.
1:05 - No matter how many times I see that punch, it amazes me that Moore got up from it. You can see that punch shook his neurons to the core and detached him from his physical senses. Yet he somehow gets up and some way comes back to win. Unbelievable, a testament to the uncanny heart and durability of the man!
Nice words man!
My thoughts exactly...
Clifford Driver I saw that... That KO punch!!!! That was a killer....Is it true Marciano was blinded for a few rounds?
Clifford Driver Heard a lot about Marciano... did you actually watch him fight in person?
IceveinsProductions it wasnt the punch, the guy head butted moore
The courage and grit of Moore was tremendous to come back from that first round.
Maybe the greatest comeback in boxing history, to come back from that first round is a miracle.
Maybe ???
No , the best !! I just KNEW it was over
WOW
Archie was 45 years old what a legend ! ♥️♥️
I was a little boy, but i remember Archie Moore in the late 50s early 60 on black and white TV at my grandfather's house.
Good times I miss my grandma
Word!! Great fighter 💪🏿
maybe the premier fight of the 1950s. Incredible comeback by Moore. The first and third knockdowns of round one looked like curtains for Moore. Poor Durelle must have been haunted by this fight for the rest of his life.
Even the one in round 6 was very tough. Just the second was a quick one. For sure, Durelle must have had plenty of sleepless nights since then...RIP Yvonne and Archie!
Even the one in round 6 was very tough. Just the second was a quick one. For sure, Durelle must have had plenty of sleepless nights since then...RIP Yvonne and Archie!
Hey its some real boxing fans on this page
Robinson/Basilio I is probably my fight of that decade. Then Marciano/Walcott I. This was an incredible comeback by the Ol' Mongoose, but I wouldn't put this over those two classics.
Interviewing Archie right after the fight he doesn't sound like he's even breathing hard. He's talking away....incredible. What a Champion he was and what a great guy. Very humble and personable.
Up until this fight it was the George Foreman / Ron Lyle fight was my favorite all-time boxing match but Archie Moore has always been my favorite. The kind gentle humble Christian human being with a heart of gold ! Until I found this fight on you tube . Even George loved him . He's up there with the Lord now !
Moore had a weak chin-Really? He had HUNDREDS of fights under his belt. One of the very best light heavy champs who whipped many heavyweights. A true legend.
He did have a weak chin. But his defense made up for it. Shows how great he was. Someone should tell Amir Khan that having a weak chin is no excuse.
most knock out artist are vulnerable because they are looking 4 the knock out punch and not looking for a punch that's coming back at them so they will never see the punch they got hit night night😴
Man he dropped the shit out of Moore it was a miracle he survived all that
was on cocaine quite obvious
@@sit2go 7 knock out losses in 190+ fights and you're telling me he doesn't have a chin?! And 4 out of his 7 Knock outs losses came when he was already out-of-the-hill and against opponents with significantly bigger weight and youth advantages. If Moore has weak chin then I really don't know what has a strong chin looks like.
I remember my dad telling me that he watched this fight. He was an Yvon Durelle fan. We're from New Brunswick Canada. I live 20 minutes from Durelle's home town of Baie Sainte Anne New Brunswick Canada. He is still remembered here as a great fighter...... The fighting Fisherman.
Dude I was literally crying that first round. Just like.... stop it already!!! What a fight!!!
Why stop it? Moore ended up winning the fight.
@@johndeagle4389 I mean ya... that's hind sight. But when you're watching it you're like dang end it already... but ya obviously it was the right decision because moore won the fight.
Moore's cross-armed peekaboo style was adopted by Ken Norton . Archie was a very clever and elusive boxer. One of the best in history at rolling punches. Tremendous talent.
Never noticed that: thank you for pointing that out 👍
The same style that gave Muhammad Ali hell for three fights!
George Foreman had the cross-arm as well. Archie Moore & Sandy Saddler were George's trainers during the 70s.
@@kufujitsu And Archie Moore trained him in his comeback in the '80s and '90s too when Foreman predominantly used the cross arm or crab defense.
It worked for Moore , but l always thought would be better served with a classical stance he was 6' 3" tall .
If this fight was done today the ref would of stopped the fight in the first round after the 3rd knockdown. I've watched this fight countless times. Always incredible
Maybe after the 1st knockdown of Moore.
Probaply after the first indeed
Sad but true.
To get up from that 1st knockdown after getting completely nailed then his head bouncing TWICE of the canvas is a credit and to a man in his 40s is incredible(not like modern day with dieticians and "supplements" etc.) and then you can tell his eyes were in orbit after the second official knockdown is like the commentator said, its a modern day miracle.What a boxer-what a man....RIP.
Yes Durelle was the winner and a legend
@@michaelcollins237 what?
@@michaelcollins237 and in a terrible disturbed world let's say it was a long count, what about the 2nd fight Michelle? Shit in the second fight when Archie knocks Yvonne I'm two the ropes twice, you can see the outside time keeper and you can see him and Jack Sharkey communicating just like in the first fight.
@@michaelcollins237 I will sympathize for the 2nd fight, he did lose a whole boat of 35 fisherman who were friends and family 2 months before the flight. But because of asshole fans like you, screw the sympathy. You want this man to be a legend then act right Michelle
x7xfallnx7x Why do you insult Michael Collins? He is entitled to his opinion. Archie Moore was a great champion, and a wonderful man. He would never want you on his side, after the way you insult Michael Collins!
Archie Moore my favorite fighter. Aggressive, great stamina. That quick right. Good active jab. Head movement. Great forearm blocks. Stays aggressive. Am I right?
The Great Archie Moore. He holds The record for most KO's of all time, and he had one of the greatest defenses of all time. If you look at his whole career, you can make a good argument for him as the greatest, pound for pound of all time..
I wouldn't argue with you on that 1
k9boxingchamp Archie had a difficult life, but he always smiled. he fought the great black fighters who weren't allowed to fight for the title early in his career, they beat his ass, but that taught him how to fight. he was avoided by none other than Sugar Ray Robinson. and since Joe Louis was the heavyweight champion and Robinson was the leading welterweight and then middleweight, they wouldn't give archie a title shot for 10 years because they didn't want to darken the division. so when he won the title and his handlers went to pick them up he said "put me down, I should have been here a long time ago." then he held the title for 10 years... this is what forged Archie into an ageless, beloved warrior. RIP Archie.
@@charlesweiny9570 Sugar Ray and Moore both wanted the fight but their negotiations fall even before it started because of the money issues. Moore wanted the big cut of their purses to be invested in some kind of investment but Robinson didn't like the idea.
You can see the beginnings of shell defense forming with the cross guard
He's 45 here. Damn
Im related to durell from a distance, win kr lose he put up a good fight with a helluva champ. Proud as can be. Met Yvon when I was younger... one of his hands coved my 2-handed seven knuckles. His trophy room left a legacy for generations of a large though distant family to remember. Glad my sister took an interest in our family history more than I did, so I could learn to appreciate where we came from and what we were built of. Bought wraps a while ago, and took an interest in the sport. Who knows what my future holds. Maybe i'll have time, maybe life will get in the way, maybe its up to the individual, maybe its in the blood. Proud either way.
"The Old Mongoose," Archie Moore. Such a colorful kind-hearted intelligent character. George Foreman, who he later coached adopted that clamshell defense. He had a deep spiritual and humanitarian side to him. Love watching him box. Fearless and always game. Enjoyed the sport.
One of the greatest fights and comebacks in boxing 🥊 history!! Outstanding!!!!
Probably the greatest comeback of all time here, it plays out like Rocky in real life. Archie is also one of if not the best light heavy of all time, with enough KOs to fill a small town.
With his punching power, if only Durelle had learned to pace himself or trained harder to develop stamina, he'd have become another Rocky Marciano. My admiration goes to Moore for not quitting and making one of the great comebacks of all time.
This makes no sense. How the ol' Mongoose even survived that first round, let alone managed to rally and stop Durelle is the stuff of legend. It's Rocky before Rocky.
love your user name, man... LMAO
Amazing fight. Almost looks like a different sport. I wonder if he ever did get to meet that 90 year old lady who was confined in hospital at the end there :-) A very gracious winner.
Archie Moore always amazes me. I've seen this fight a dozen times...I don't know how he came back but he did. His defense was amazing.
Thank you for sharing this great fight! Terrific comeback and knockout by the amazing Archie Moore! One of the all time greats.
Wow, an awesome fight, I discover only now - to my shame! Both fighters having their moments, action going back and forth, no dull round ever. Archie Moore sounds like he was a nice man, too. Thanks for the share.
Nothing like those old black and white fights!!!!!love the old school look. Guys were tough as nails back then
Je suis si fière de lui... ❤️ Mon arrière grand père... J'aurais tellement aimé le voir au moin une fois 😔❤️
Making this comeback took a lot of heart!
Growing up in rural New Brunswick I was 11 when this fight took place. We lived about 60 miles from Durelle and my older brother was a boxing fanatic. He was a very good fighter and fought in the golden gloves in Montreal for 2 years. We listened to the fight on the radio in my grandmothers house. We were so excited and then so disappointed. Watching the fight now I am surprised to see how good Yvon was. I already knew how good Moore was from Friday night fights
Moore was the perfect example of toughness plus endurance.
You forgot intelligence. The way he slowly broke down Durelle in this fight is amazing. And he did that after getting drop bad. Most guys would have panicked after that. Moore stayed calm and used his boxing skills.
How can you not love this man? He was 45 years old, rose from 4 DEVASTATING knockdowns by his 27-year old pier and came back to put him down four times for the count. It doesn't get any more Rocky than that.
How Archie recovered from the right hand in the 1st round, I'll never know. It was a blockbuster punch that laid him out completely. What a warrior...
Best Lt.Heavy fight of all time...
+Jim Cushman No best fight of all-time period. Only Frazier-Ali 3 & 1 come close. RFGA, Ph.D.
+Robert Allen Dempsey v Firpo
+Jim Cushman With all due respect... Foster vs Finnegan and Saad Muhammad vs Lopez were better. As far as fights go, Carbajal vs Gonzalez, Lopez vs Ayala, Foreman vs Lyle, Lee vs LiCicero, Ward vs Gatti (Period), Vazquez vs Marquez (Period), Gomez vs Pintor, Augustus vs Ward and the all time favorite, Hagler vs Hearns were better.
I might have to agree with you
Really, Archie was the best pound for pound fighter of all time..
Oh my goodness! Finally the full fight! Thank you so much for posting this!
This is a boy fighting a man. His lived experience, ring experience, wisdom, and iron will allowed him to triumph over the younger stronger more energetic man. A true legend. They don't build men like this today.
Many thanks for posting this. I'd seen their second fight but not this one, although I knew Archie M got decked in the first round. Durelle was a helluva tough fighter -- but old Archie surely the best Lt Heavy of them all.
These fighters paid the way for me and other fighters today
I saw this fight for the first time a couple days ago, I was amazed at the heart or moore at 44 years old to get up from those devastating knock downs. My favorite characteristics in a boxer are Power,Heart and Chin and these guys have an abundance of both. The balls on these old fighters huh? This is probably my favorite fight in history
Thank you.
A defining moment of a hall of fame career.
thank you for the upload. this is a gem.
How the hell did Moore get through that first round??
Nice to see names like Burley, Wade and Charles being discussed here...
Great fight, thanks for sharing!
"How the hell did Moore get through that first round" its called reserves and pride. This was one of the best classic fights that would go down in history that thousands of other fights would be compared too, never count a guy down no matter how many times and no matter what age. I think Moore is like 40 something here against Durelle in his 20's.
Thanks for the upload!
I agree and it is sad to see that in this day and age after his second knock down they would've called it a TKO for Durelle. A great fight.
Reflection Ofpower too many people have died since then
definitely before my time
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Archie was a genius.. A sharp mind..
Especially a genius with slipping.
Archie Moore was damn near invincible.
His defense really kept him up when he almost got knocked down for the 5th time.
He was such a gladiator in the arena.
This man was fighting in mortal kombat
This 1958 fight was on network TV on a Wednesday night. Much better than one of those $100 pay-per-view rip-offs they have these days!!
Thanks for posting this 🤙😎🤙
the greatest comeback in history
I never seen this fight before in my life, and when I seen how Moore kept getting back up in that first round, I said watch he come back and win and sure enough that's what happened
In today's boxing, after Archie Moore's third knockdown, the fight would have been called a TKO in favor of Durell.
The All time KO record which Young Stribling had at 129 before his untimely death ( remained unbroken for a period of over 25 years) Archie ended his career with 131 KO's. This is based on Boxrec.com although Archie's KO's are listed as being between 131-145 from various sources, himself stating 138.
Archie aka "the old mongoose " still has the highest ko record , this was a beautiful display of boxing done by him , to come back from being knocked clean and put on the canvas , to using all his knowlege and skills to get the W , its amazing that he came back from that
De verdad que esa pelea fue un clasico , de valentia y poder , Moore uno de los campeones mundiales de mayor pegada y de una resistencia ferrea ..
Great stuff here, thanks a lot for putting this up....have you got any Randy Turpin fights? other than the Robinson matches? thanks again, Moore was an all time great....
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That Armadillo Curtain...
The greatest Light Heavyweight fight of all time.
The Ole' Mongoose! Truly on of the all time greats! One of my favorite fighters.
Moore said after that he didn't train for this fight at all, that he trained while the fight was going on.....one of a kind.....
I want to see how it ends.
I think same reasons brought us here :D
One of the best fights ever. Moore was all heart.
Might be my favorite fight fight ever.
The legendary Archie Moore is the proof how really great the black murderer's row are. They have Moore's number but Jack Chase.
Awesome fight. Thank you for the English language upload.
A real war. Thanks for posting. maurice
They say the old Mongose was 44 here!… incredible fighter. A true boxing God . 🔥.
The days when men were hard. What a come back from Archie Moore. Respect indeed !!
right they soft as cotton in them skinny jeans smh
One of the most amazing fights in boxing history. Heaven knows how old Moore was at the time. Moore in later years resented the fact that he wasn't remembered as one of the greatest champions of all time. I agree with him -- he wasn't just a colorful character, he was an amazing fighter first and foremost.
I didn't know (until now) that Moore wasn't considered one of the greatest champions of all-time. In this crazy world, you learn something new every day.
The ref was excellent, Sharkey? Got in quick and separated the fighters he didn't allow hugging and grabbing behind the head like today. What a war of will . Tku for post.
thank you
A great fight cheers to the uploader ;)
One of the greatest fights of all time!
Amazing fight!! Just shows you we need refs like that now -- and fighters who fight to win -- not just for the money -- TODAY they would have stopped it in first round -- and look at the FABULOUS fight we would have missed!! No holding all they did was fight.
My opinion Archie Moore ACTUALLY IMPROVED each and every single round!!! (first time I've ever seen THAT in a fight!)
Only complaints they could have filmed this so much better -- I mean they were filming top quality motion pictures in that year and they did close-ups on live TV in that year too -- so the technology was available -- and they announcers were very VERY lacking --
BUT FIGHT WAS AMAZING!!
Thank you for uploading😊
Archie really knew how to box. He almost boxes like a modern day boxer sometimes . Great upload ! There are too few classic matches on youtube ....
far superior in skill to modern one dimsensional boxers who have given up fundamental skills for flashy speed that isn't functional against a smart fighter. if you watch a guy like Stevenson he only looks fast against bums. anyone with an ounce of craft gives him problems.
With few exceptions (none of which I can think of, offhand) today's boxers do not compare with the boxers of the past.
highlight rounds
round 1- 0:12
round 5- 13:07
round 10- 28:44
ALREADY KNOCKED DOWN TWICE IN THIS ROUND, and
...BOOM
1:56.
And he gets up still wins by ko.
God bless ya, Archie Moore.
I am sorry, I just cannot do it with this video quality, too many skips, I can't see many of the shots landing or I cannot see their effects.
Without a doubt, a top 10 fight of all time. Bernard Hopkins is great and deserves much respect, but Archie is way beyond Bernard, besides their age, there is almost no comparison. Bernard could never stay in the fight like that, even a young Bernard.
That's a fantasy fight
cant remember seeing many better fights than this one. Moore was some boxer
A great fight.
The interesting thing about this fight is that had it taken place today, the ref would have ended it on a TKO in the first round. Yet Moore, despite the terrible beating he endured, came back to win the fight on a KO.
If it had been anyone else, Durelle would have had this fight. I give him great credit, but Archie was a crafty old sod! Brilliant
No problem pal. If there's any other fights you want uploaded just name them and I'll see what I can do.
Greatest comeback fight in history. Archie moore also broke young striblings Knockout record with this win aswell.
Simply amazing fighters.
In an interview many years later Moore reckoned Durrelle was a harder puncher than Marciano .
One of my heroes,Yvon Durelle... Good old N.B Fighting Fisherman.... He’s a champ in my books...
Hes my great uncle . My dads uncle. 😁
from something that almost killed him. the fact he was back in the ring less than a year later is not only miraculous but speaks volumes of who he was on the inside. How dare you make such ignorant comments about Archie Moore.
Thats right. although at the time it was reported that stribling had 126. n on this night Archie scored 127. But as youve pointed out there is much debate as to how many KOS each man had officially. In any case, Archie still holds the record. Hopefully it will never be broken.
Lobster fisher against legentary athlète... Amazing fight... Black Anerican against French-Canadian... Both struggling people for better living...
do you have Archie Moore vs Tony Anthony?
OMG. What a fantastic fight!!!!
The man who convinced Ali that he must work on his cross arm defence and could not just rely on his headmovement and speed as defence.
Moore one of my all-time favorites
What a great fight. So many gems in boxing that aren’t talked about. Fight should have and would have been stopped in round 1 today. Archie was out of it. He came back and not only won but with a KO. 6 knockdowns in one fight thats insane
What a boxer!!!!! Relentless and great technique
What great champion moore was age 44 and still getting up and come back too win the fight, LEGEND
The fighting fisherman!! Great fight. Poor Yvon, nobody should have been able to get up from those knockout blows he threw early on.