On August 11, 1954, Archie Moore (146-19-8, 106 KOs), the light-heavyweight The Ring champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Harold Johnson (47-5, 20 KOs).
Archie Moore is coming in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Bert Whitehurst, 2 months and 4 days ago. Harold Johnson is on a 12-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, with his last fight being a majority decision win over Paul Andrews, 4 months and 25 days ago.
The winning odds are at 83.2-16.8 in favor of Harold Johnson. Archie Moore is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Johnson should win this fight.
In the rematch, Archie Moore stopped Harold Johnson via TKO in the 14th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring light-heavyweight title. Moore improves his record to 147-19-8 (107 KOs), while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 47-6.