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Article: The Bout: when George Plimpton, the boyish editor of The Paris Review, went three rounds with the light-heavyweight champion of the world.(Archie Moore)
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- June 22, 2008
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In December 1958, British Empire light-heavyweight boxing champion Yvon Durelle, "the Fighting Fisherman" from Canada's maritime New Brunswick Province, knocked down World Champion Archie Moore three times in the first round of a title fight in Montreal. Durelle floored Moore once again in the fifth. But Moore knocked down Durelle in the ninth and two rounds later knocked out the challenger to retain the championship. It was one of the most dramatic fights in the history of professional boxing.
Six weeks later, Moore, his cuts healed and bruises faded, traveled from his home base in San Diego to New York City, where he basked in the adulation of his fans and ...
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