2007.1.360

16-Feb-56
9.5 in HIGH x 7.125 in WIDE
(24.13 cm HIGH x 18.10 cm WIDE)
Oakland Tribune Collection, Oakland Museum of California, gift of ANG Newspapers
2007.1.360

"LEO COHEN / FEB 16 1956," "FEB 20 1956" & "MAR 26 1956" (stamped in purple ink onto back); "Archie Moore / Onyx Roach / Moore's West Coast Representative" (handwritten in pencil on back); "TR E FEB 20 1956" (stamped in purple ink onto caption affixed to back)

Black and white photograph of light-heavyweight boxing champion Archie Moore (left) with boxing aide Onyx Roach (right). Moore is sitting, wearing sweat pants and a T-shirt, with a towel over his shoulders. His left arm is extended and Roach, standing to Moore's left, is helping him put on his boxing glove. Moore's right hand is ungloved and there is tape on two of his fingers. Caption affixed to back reads: "Tribune photo / SMILING CHAMPION--Archie Moore has a glove placed on his hand by Onyx Roach, an aide, before his last workout for his 10-round meeting with Howard King at San Francisco's Winterland tonight. Moore's light heavyweight title will not be at stake."

Archie MooreFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Moore (8/17/2007)Archie Moore whose birth name was Archibald Wright (December 13, 1913 _ December 9, 1998) was a light heavyweight world boxing champion. A native of Benoit, Mississippi, raised in St. Louis, Mo., he died four days short of his 85th (or 82nd) birthday, in his adopted home of San Diego, California. He was also a social figure, and a man who became involved in African American causes once his days as a fighter were finally over. His nickname was "The Old Mongoose." He holds the record for the most knockouts by any boxer, at 145.

Used: Oakland Tribune

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