On July 21, 1987, a 28-year-old Davey Moore (16-4, 12 KOs) and a 24-year-old John David Jackson (15-0, 10 KOs) met in the ring.
Moore came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 15 days. Jackson was on a 15-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 8 days.
John David Jackson defeated Davey Moore via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Jackson improves his record to 16-0, while Moore adds a loss to his record at 16-5.
On April 6, 1987, a 27-year-old Davey Moore (16-3, 12 KOs) and Lupe Aquino met in the ring.
Moore came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 26 days.
Davey Moore lost to Lupe Aquino via TKO in the 5th round, and adds a loss to his record at 16-4.
On August 24, 1986, a 27-year-old Davey Moore (15-2, 12 KOs) got a shot at the super-welterweight IBF title held by Buster Drayton.
Moore came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 20 days.
Davey Moore was defending his super-welterweight titles and, fighting for the super-welterweight IBF titles against Buster Drayton and lost via TKO in the 10th round, and adds a loss to his record at 15-3.
On December 10, 1984, a 25-year-old Davey Moore (14-1, 11 KOs) and Louis Acariès met in the ring.
Moore came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 26 days.
Davey Moore lost to Louis Acariès via disqualification in the 12-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 14-2.
On June 16, 1983, the 24-year-old WBA super-welterweight world champion, Davey Moore (12-0, 9 KOs), faced a 32-year-old Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán (76-4, 57 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Moore came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. Durán was on a 2-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Roberto Durán stopped the champion via TKO in the 8th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA super-welterweight champion. Durán improves his record to 77-4 (58 KOs), while Moore adds a loss to his record at 12-1.