PROUDLY PRESENTING MICHAEL MOORER BOXING FIGHT VIDEOS
Michael Moorer was born on November 12, 1967. He had a good amateur boxing career, with a record of 48-16, winning a bronze at the Goodwill Games and the US Amateur Championship in 1986 as a light middlweight. He turned pro in March 1988 as a light heavyweight (175lbs), under the support of Kronk master trainer EMichael Moorer vsanuel Steward.His pro career started off with a first round TKO over Adrian Riggs, and ran off 26 straight wins by knockout. It would have been 27, except that the bell ending the tenth and final round against Mike ‘The Giant’ White saved White from being that unlucky prey. That run included winning the WBO light heavyweight title against Ramzi Hassan, a title that Moorer would defend effectively nine times before vacating and moving up to heavyweight, totally bypassing the cruiserweight division. During his early run as a heavyweight, Moorer occupied in an all out donnybrook against contender Alex Stewart, stopping Stewart in four rounds.Moorer would again go the distance in his next fight following the Boxing fight against White, and got dropped by Everett ‘Bigfoot’ Martin in a ten round win. Following that fight, Moorer laid claim to the WBO heavyweight title by stopping ‘Smokin’’ Bert Cooper in five rounds. Cooper, fresh off a near-miss against undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, floored Moorer early in the first round and appeared on the way to victory. Moorer, not to be defeated, promptly leveled cooper in the same round. Moorer again went down in round three before knocking Cooper out in the fifth, and he was on his way.When challenging Holyfield in 1994, Moorer used a more guarded, boxing approach, and though knocked down early in the fight, outfought Holyfield en route to a close decision win. Then came the infamous Boxing knockout loss to a 45 year old George Foreman, and the recovery of the vacant IBF belt in a fight against Axel Schulz. Moorer defended this belt twice before suffering five knockdowns and a TKO loss to Holyfield in a rematch, and he then went on a three year time off. He came back in 2000, had a couple of uninspiring fights including an ignominious 30 second KO loss to David Tua, before ending his career with a come from behind knockout win over Vassiliy Jirov one year ago. Many forget that before Moorer won his heavyweight titles he was a lethal Boxing puncher at 175-pounds. Before he fled to the land of the big men he racked up a record of 21 wins all by KO and no light heavyweight wanted to face him. Moorer was a strong, athletic man who was well co-ordinated and a demoralizing hitter; He boxed well and delivered sharp, explosive KO power. Earning nicknames such as "The Kronk Crusher" and "King Kronk"
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