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Dennis "Denny" Moyer

BORN   August 8 1939; Portland, Oregon
HEIGHT 5-8 1/2
WEIGHT 145-165 lbs
MANAGER Sid Flaherty
TRAINERS Danny Rodriguez, Harry Moyer

Moyer was a capable boxer type who compiled a career record of 97-38-4 with 25 knockouts; During his career, he won the WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World, the WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World and the NABF Middleweight Championship; He was the Las Vegas Boxer of the Year in 1971
 

Denny defeated such men as "Sugar" Ray Robinson, Johnny Saxton, Emile Griffith, Vince Martinez, Benny "Kid" Paret, Paddy DeMarco, Virgil Akins, Gaspar Ortega, Joey Giambra, Al Andrews, Tony Dupas, Tony DeMarco, Ted Wright, Stan Harrington, Rafael Gutierrez, Jorge Rosales, Gerhard Piaskowy, Pat O'Connor, Jimmy Lester, Jesus "Chucho" Garcia, Dave Oropeza, Raul Soriano and Art Hernandez

Moyer was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1983 and the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2001

1956
          -Moyer was runner-up for the National AAU Welterweight Championship

1957
          -Moyer won the National AAU Welterweight Championship

1957
Aug 17 Jimmy McCoy                 Portland, Or                     W  4
Sep 17 Buddy Ford                  Portland, Or                     W  8
Oct  8 John Medlock                Portland, Or                     W  8
Oct 22 Russell Davis               Portland, Or                     W  8
Nov 13 Doug Garrett                San Francisco, Ca                W  8
Nov 26 Marvin Marcus               Portland, Or                    TK  2
Dec 17 Tommy Thomas                Portland, Or                     W  8

1958
Jan 16 Buddy McDonald              Portland, Or                     W 10
Jan 28 Jimmy McCoy                 Portland, Or                     W  8
Feb 25 Howard Dixon                Portland, Or                    KO  4
Apr  9 Al Barbero                  San Francisco, Ca               TK  3
Apr 22 Jimmy Hays                  Spokane, Wa                      W  8
Jul  1 Al Andrews                  Portland, Or                     W 10
Aug 22 Chico Cirini                Anaconda, Mt                    TK  4
Sep 17 Julian Valdez               Portland, Or                     W 10
Oct  2 Connie Citizen              Anchorage, Ak                    W 10
Oct 21 Johnny Saxton               Portland, Or                     W 10
Dec 11 Tony Dupas                  Portland, Or                     W 10

1959
Jan  2 Gaspar Ortega               New York, NY                     W 10
Feb 17 Vince Martinez              Portland, Or                     W 10
Jul 10 Don Jordan                  Portland, Or                     L 15
Sep  3 Paddy DeMarco               Portland, Or                    TK 10
Dec 10 Virgil Akins                Portland, Or                     W 10

1960
Jan 19 Pat Lowry                   Seattle, Wa                     KO  3
Feb 10 Tony DeMarco                Boston, Ma                      TK  2
Mar 11 Emile Griffith              New York, NY                     L 10
Apr 26 Emile Griffith              Portland, Or                     W 10
Aug 16 Benny "Kid" Paret           New York, NY                     W 10
Oct 15 Jorge Jose Fernandez        New York, NY                     L 10 

1961
Jan 31 Willie Morton               San Jose, Ca                     W 10
Feb 11 Charley Scott               New York, NY                     W 10
Apr  8 Jorge Jose Fernandez        New York, NY                     L 10
May 19 Willie Jennings             Centralia, Wa                   TK  2
Jun 17 Obdulio Nunez               New York, NY                     L 10
Sep  9 Obdulio Nunez               Portland, Or                     W 10
Oct 21 "Sugar" Ray Robinson        New York, NY                     L 10

1962
Feb 17 "Sugar" Ray Robinson        New York, NY                     W 10
Jun  9 Ted Wright                  New York, NY                     L 10
Jul  7 Ted Wright                  New York, NY                     W 10
Aug 18 Emile Griffith              Tacoma, Wa                       L 10
Oct 20 Joey Giambra                Portland, Or                     W 15
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec 12 Gene Bryant                 Billings, Mt                     W 10

1963
Jan  5 Joey Archer                 New York, NY                     L 10
Feb 19 Stan Harrington             Honolulu, Oahu, Hi               W 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Apr 29 Ralph Dupas                 New Orleans, La                  L 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Jun 17 Ralph Dupas                 Baltimore, Md                    L 15
          -WBC Light Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World
Aug 17 Luis Manuel Rodriguez       Miami Beach, Fl                 LT  9
Oct 29 Memo Ayon                   San Jose, Ca                     D 10
Dec  3 Hurricane Kid               Honolulu, Oahu, Hi               W 10
Dec 17 Stan Harrington             Honolulu, Oahu, Hi               L 10

1964
Apr 13 Joe DeNucci                 Boston, Ma                       L 10
Sep  1 Manuel Gonzalez             Houston, Tx                      L 10
Sep 18 Nino Benvenuti              Rome, Italy                      L 10
Nov 25 Memo Lopez                  Boise, Id                        W 10

1965
Jan  5 Gene Bryant                 Las Vegas, Nv                    L 10
Feb  3 Rocky Montalvo              San Francisco, Ca                W 10
Feb 23 Fred Roots                  Sacramento, Ca                   W 10
Mar 19 Hilario Morales             Los Angeles, Ca                  W 10
Apr  2 Jimmy Lester                San Francisco, Ca                L 10
Jun 16 Ferd Hernandez              Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Jul 28 Jimmy Lester                San Francisco, Ca                W 10
Aug 23 Ferd Hernandez              Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Oct 14 Thell Torrence              Los Angeles, Ca                  D 10
Nov 29 Johnny Brooks               Las Vegas, Nv                    W 12

1966
Jan  3 Freddie Little              Las Vegas, Nv                   LK  4

1967
Dec  5 Tony Montano                San Jose, Ca                     W 10

1968
Jan  3 Danny Perez                 Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  6
Jan 31 Doug Huntley                Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Feb 18 Rafael Gutierrez            Mexicali, Mexico                TK  4
Mar  6 Eddie Coffey                Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  6
Apr  8 Rafael Gutierrez            Tijuana, Mexico                  D 10
Apr 17 Gene Bryant                 Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
May 21 Lonnie Harris               San Diego, Ca                    W 10
Jul 22 Jesse Armenta               Tijuana, Mexico                 KO  7
Aug 10 Jesse Armenta               Hermosillo, Mexico               W 10
Oct  4 Jorge Rosales               Laredo, Mexico                   W 10
Oct 30 Carl Moore                  Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  9
Nov 22 Bob Harrington              St. Louis, Mo                    W 10
Dec 17 Gene Bryant                 Portland, Or                     W 10

1969
Feb  5 Frank Niblett               Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Feb 20 Dave Reed                   Portland, Or                    TK  6
Mar 27 Frank Niblett               Portland, Or                     W 10
Apr 30 Fraser Scott                Seattle, Wa                     LT  2
Jul 10 Rocky Hernandez             Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Aug  1 Jose Luis Rodriguez         San Diego, Ca                   KO  7
Sep  9 Henry Walker                Woodland Hills, Ca              KO  9
Sep 18 Nathaniel Macias            Portland, Or                    TK  9
Oct 17 Gerhard Piaskowy            in Germany                       W 10
Dec  3 Art Alderete                Las Vegas, Nv                   KO  5

1970
Jan  7 Doug Huntley                Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Jan 28 Mike Pusateri               Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  2
Feb 25 Eddie Pace                  Las Vegas, Nv                    W 12
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
Apr 29 Nate Williams               Las Vegas, Nv                   LT  9
Jul  9 Fraser Scott                Seattle, Wa                     LT  8
Aug 10 Mike Seyler                 Eugene, Or                      TK  9
Sep 30 Jesse Armenta               Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  4
Nov  4 Rafael Gutierrez            Las Vegas, Nv                    D 12
Dec 16 Orlando de la Fuentes       Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10

1971
Jan  1 Raul Soriano                San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico    W 10
Feb 10 Art Hernandez               Las Vegas, Nv                    W 12
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
Mar  5 Raul Soriano                Stateline, Nv                    W 12
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
Mar 30 Jimmy Lester                Stateline, Nv                    W 12
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
Apr 21 Dave Oropeza                Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  6
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
Jun 19 Jose Roberto Chirino        Stateline, Nv                    W 12
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
Jul 28 Mike Pusateri               Las Vegas, Nv                   TK  6
Sep  7 Gene Bryant                 Stateline, Nv                    W 10
Sep 21 Eugene Hart                 Philadelphia, Pa                NC  6
Dec 15 Aristeo Chavarin            Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10

1972
Feb 15 Gene Bryant                 Las Vegas, Nv                    W 12
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
Mar  4 Carlos Monzon               Rome, Italy                     LT  5
          -WBC Middleweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Middleweight Championship of the World
May 11 Carlos Alberto Salinas      Sacramento, Ca                   W 12
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
May 31 Tony Mundine                Sydney, NSW, Australia          LT  7
Jul  5 Art Davis                   Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Jul 26 Carlos Alberto Salinas      San Francisco, Ca                W 12
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
Sep  6 Art Hernandez               Des Moines, Ia                   L 12
          -NABF Middleweight Championship
Dec 20 Jesus "Chucho" Garcia       Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10

1973
Jan 30 Nojim Maiyegun              Vienna, Austria                  L 10
Feb 22 Walter Kelly                Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Mar  7 George Davis                Las Vegas, Nv                    W 10
Mar 22 Mario Marquez               Sacramento, Ca                   W 10
May  6 Manuel Fierro               San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico    L 10
Jun  7 Pat O'Connor                Minneapolis, Mn                  W 10
Jun 21 John L. Sullivan            Eugene, Or                       L 10
Aug 24 Pat O'Connor                Rochester, NY                    W 10
Oct  2 Tony Licata                 New Orleans, La                  L 10
Oct 30 Melvin Dennis               New Orleans, La                  L 10
Dec 14 Edwin "Fighting" Mack       Vienna, Austria                  L 10

1974
Feb 20 Eckhard Dagge               Charlottenburg, Germany          L 10
Mar 29 Renato Garcia               San Diego, Ca                    L 10
Apr 18 Jean Mateo                  Portland, Or                     W 10
May 29 Battling La'avasia          Auckland, New Zealand            L 10
Jun 13 Mike Lankaster              Portland, Or                    KO 10
Jun 28 Vicente Medina              San Diego, Ca                    W 10
Aug 16 Rudy Cruz                   Portland, Or                     W 10
Sep  9 Vito Antuofermo             New York, NY                     L 10
Oct 25 Vicente Medina              San Diego, Ca                    W 10
Nov 21 Poul Knudsen                Copenhagen, Denmark              L 10
Dec 11 Rocky DiFazio               Chicago, Il                     TK 10

1975
Feb  3 Rafael Rodriguez            Minneapolis, Mn                  L 10
Mar 18 Franz Csandl                Vienna, Austria                  L 10


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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