The Springfield Rifle, Davey Moore Among 13 Inducted Into 2021 IBHOF
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
The late Davey ‘The Springfield Rifle’ Moore, who compiled a 120-5 amateur record, was the 1952 National AAU 118-pound amateur champion, represented the United States at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland. Davey went on to win the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association World Featherweight titles, has been posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Moore (1933-1963), a native of Springfield, Ohio, is not to be confused with the other late Davey Moore (1959-1988), the former World Junior Middleweight champion from Bronx, New York.
The 2021 Inductees
Laila Ali, Former Female Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight Champion
Freddie Brown, Cut Man
George Kimball, Television Executive
Dr. Wladimir Klitschko, Former World Heavyweight Champion
Jay Larkin, Television Executive
Floyd Mayweather Jr., Former Multi Division Champion
Jackie McCoy, Manager and Trainer
Davey Moore, Former World Featherweight Champion
Marian ‘Lady Tyger’ Trimiar, First Woman To Be Licensed to Box by NYSAC
Jackie (Garrett) Tonawanda, Female Boxer and Martial Artist
Andre Ward, Former World Light Heavyweight champion
Ann Wolfe, Former Multi Division Female Champion
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