Archie Moore vs. Alejandro Lavorante ~ March 30, 1962

[Bill Paxtom]

Fredo

Archie Moore 'never' floored Alejandro Lavorante.

The 'truth' is,

In Round 8, Archie started to really whack Alejandro. Archie gave him a thorough thrashing in this Round, and had
Alejandro bewildered and completely flustered at the mid-way point in the session.

By the end of Round 8, Alejandro was thoroughly whipped and looked exhausted.

In Round 9, Archie pounded Alejandro with a relentless body-attack. Alejandro was wobbled several times, and was
getting pounded so bad, that the crowd screamed for the bout to be stopped at the {2:00 Mark}. But late in the Round,
Alejandro made a miraculous rally, and scored with some heavy-punches over the last 20-Seconds, before wobbling
back to his corner completely exhausted at the end of the Round.

At the start of Round 10, Alejandro came out on 'wobbly legs' and was completely exhausted. He should have never
been allowed out for Round 10.

Moments into the Round, Archie landed a few solid shots into Alejandro's mid-section, and backed him up. Then Archie
slowly moved in, and let go with a 'salvo', capped off by a hard right-hand to the Heart that had Alejandro 'out-on-his-feet'.

Then Archie landed a hard left-uppercut to Alejandro's chin that spun him into the Ropes where he sagged.

Referee - Tommy Hart jumped in and stopped the bout at {0:38} of the Final Round.

It went down as a TKO 10.

Fight Purses >

Archie was guaranteed $35,000 against 35% of the Gate Receipts which were $122,678.

Archie walked out with ........ $42,910.

Alejandro Lavorante was to get 25% of the Gate Receipts.

He walked out with ............. $31,555.

[Bill Paxtom]

Archie Moore after scoring a TKO 10 over Alejandro Lavorante.

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