Archie Moore vs. Alejandro Lavorante ~ March 30, 1962

[Bill Paxtom]

Friday ~ March 30, 1962

Sports Arena ~ Los Angeles California

Attendance ....... { 13,552 }
Gate Receipts ... { $122,678 }

The Fight

In Round 1, Alejandro came out to Center-Ring and unleashed '2' left-jabs. Archie blocked one, and slipped the other. Despite
being {6' 3 1/2} and having a 4 1/2" Height advantage over Archie, it was Archie who had the longer Reach advantage {75" to 73"}.

Alejandro then tried a left-hook, and missed as Archie slipped the punch. Archie then countered with a hard left-hook to Alejandro's chest.
Alejandro look 'perplexed' and took '2' steps backwards, as he could not believe that he missed with all his punches on a 'open' Archie Moore.

Archie then spent the rest of the Round moving in low, and countering with left-hands to Alejandro's chest area. Late in the Round, Alejandro
tried to move inside and opened up, but he was met by sneak right-hand 'Bop' to the chest than had him backing up.

In Round 2, Archie set the 'tempo' by using stiff left-hands into Alejandro's mid-section. Each time that Archie moved in close, he would then
tie up Alejandro in knots. Archie then added a steady variety of punches into Alejandro's body.

In Round 3, Archie continued to frustrate Alejandro with inside mauling and by landing body punches. By Rounds end, Alejandro looked
completely frustrated, as he could not penetrate Archie's cross-handed defense.

Thru 3-Roonds, it wall Archie Moore {3-0-0 in Rounds}.

In Round 4, Alejandro was more successful, as he let his left-jab go. Archie was content to lay back and counter, while looking to drop in
a sneak-right 'Bop'.

Midway thru the Round, Alejandro landed a nice 'left-right' and then caught Archie with a solid left-hook just under his left-eye which
caused a bruise. As Archie tried to come forward, Alejandro landed a 'jarring' right-hand to the jaw that shook Archie.

But Alejandro did not follow up, and let Archie recover.

In Rounds 5 and 6 >
The action was fairly 'even' over the first 2-Minutes. But Archie was the better man over the last 30-Seconds of each Round, as Alejandro
looked a bit tired at the Bell. Archie closed at each Round by working Alejandro's thin-body with a steady flow of left-hands and right-hands
to the chest.

Scoring at the end of Round 6
* Referee - Tommy Hart ........ 3-2-1 {Even}
* Judge - George Latka ......... 4-1-1 {Archie Moore}
* Judge - Lee Grossman ........ 5-1-0 {Archie Moore}

In Round 7, Alejandro gave his best effort over the first 30-Seconds, and then faded. Archie slowly moved forward and worked Alejandro's
body and upper chest with straight punches. Then Archie backed off, and lured Alejandro in. As a 'tired' Alejandro moved in, Archie countered
with more of his sneak-right hand 'Bops'.