On October 20, 1962, a 23-year-old Denny Moyer (32-8, 8 KOs) got a shot at the WBA super-welterweight title held by Joey Giambra.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 20% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 2 days.
Denny Moyer defeated Joey Giambra via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Moyer improves his record to 33-8
On February 19, 1963, the 23-year-old WBA super-welterweight champion, Denny Moyer (34-9, 8 KOs), and the undefined WBC super-welterweight champion Stan Harrington undefined faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 18% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 14 days.
Denny Moyer defeated Stan Harrington via unanimous decision and wins the WBA and WBC super-welterweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed super-welterweight world champion. Moyer improves his record to 35-9
On February 10, 1960, a 20-year-old Denny Moyer (23-1, 6 KOs) and a 28-year-old Tony DeMarco (56-11-1, 32 KOs) met in the ring.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 25% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 22 days. DeMarco was on a 2-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 21 days.
Denny Moyer stopped Tony DeMarco via TKO in the 2nd round. Moyer improves his record to 24-1 (7 KOs), while DeMarco adds a loss to his record at 56-12-1.
On February 17, 1962, a 22-year-old Denny Moyer (30-6, 8 KOs) and a 40-year-old Sugar Ray Robinson (147-9-3, 96 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 22% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days. Robinson was on a 4-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 9 days.
In the rematch, Denny Moyer defeated Sugar Ray Robinson via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Moyer improves his record to 31-6, while Robinson adds a loss to his record at 147-10-3.
On June 19, 1971, a 31-year-old Denny Moyer (78-22-4, 22 KOs) and José Roberto Chirino met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 21% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 29 days.
Denny Moyer defeated José Roberto Chirino via unanimous decision in the 12-round middleweight fight. Moyer improves his record to 79-22-4
On April 26, 1960, a 20-year-old Denny Moyer (24-2, 7 KOs) and a 22-year-old Emile Griffith (17-1, 5 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 26% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 15 days. Griffith was on a 4-fight win streak with a 27% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 15 days.
In the rematch, Denny Moyer defeated Emile Griffith via split decision in the 10-round fight. Moyer improves his record to 25-2, while Griffith adds a loss to his record at 17-2.
On April 21, 1971, a 31-year-old Denny Moyer (77-22-4, 21 KOs) and Dave Oropeza met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 20% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 22 days.
Denny Moyer stopped Dave Oropeza via TKO in the 6th round. Moyer improves his record to 78-22-4 (22 KOs)
On July 7, 1962, a 22-year-old Denny Moyer (31-7, 8 KOs) and Ted Wright met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 21% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 28 days.
In the rematch, Denny Moyer defeated Ted Wright via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Moyer improves his record to 32-7
On September 9, 1961, a 22-year-old Denny Moyer (29-5, 8 KOs) and Obdulio Nunez met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 23% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
In the rematch, Denny Moyer defeated Obdulio Nunez via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Moyer improves his record to 30-5
On July 10, 1959, a 19-year-old Denny Moyer (20-0, 4 KOs) got a shot at the welterweight The Ring title held by Don Jordan.
Moyer came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 20% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 23 days.
Denny Moyer was defending his welterweight titles and, fighting for the welterweight The Ring titles against Don Jordan and lost via unanimous decision in the 15-round welterweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 20-1.