Michael Moorer
"Double M"
- Born
- 1967
- Died
- —
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1988–2008
The first southpaw heavyweight champion.
Titles & Honours
- WBO Light Heavyweight Champion
- WBA & IBF Heavyweight Champion
Career Timeline
1988–2008- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Adrian Riggs · W TKO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Alex Stewart · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Evander Holyfield
W MD · Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Rich Boruff · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Shelby Gross · W KO. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
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Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988-03-04 | W | Adrian Riggs | TKO | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1988-03-25 | W | Bill Lee | TKO | 1 | Cobo Arena , Detroit, Michigan , U.S. |
| 1988-04-29 | W | Brett Zwierzynski | KO | 1 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1988-05-10 | W | Dennis Fikes | TKO | 2 | Phoenix, Arizona , U.S. |
| 1988-06-06 | W | Keith McMurray | TKO | 2 | Las Vegas Hilton , Winchester, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1988-06-25 | W | LaVelle Stanley | TKO | 2 | Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1988-08-06 | W | Terrence Walker | RTD | 5 | Showboat Hotel and Casino , Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1988-08-12 | W | Jordan Keepers | TKO | 2 | The Eagles Club , Milwaukee, Wisconsin , U.S. |
| 1988-10-07 | W | Jorge Suero | TKO | 2 | The Palace , Auburn Hills, Michigan , U.S. |
| 1988-10-17 | W | Carl Williams | TKO | 1 | Tucson, Arizona , U.S. |
| 1988-11-04 | W | Glenn Kennedy | KO | 1 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1988-12-03 | W | Ramzi Hassan | TKO | 5 | Brook Park, Ohio , U.S. |
| 1989-01-14 | W | Victor Claudio | TKO | 2 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1989-02-19 | W | Frankie Swindell | TKO | 6 | High School Gym, Monessen, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 1989-04-22 | W | Freddie Delgado | TKO | 1 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1989-06-25 | W | Leslie Stewart | TKO | 8 | Convention Hall , Atlantic City, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 1989-11-16 | W | Jeff Thompson | KO | 1 | Steel Pier , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1989-12-12 | W | Mike Sedillo | TKO | 6 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1990-02-03 | W | Marcellus Allen | RTD | 9 | Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1990-04-28 | W | Mario Oscar Melo | KO | 1 | Etess Arena , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1990-08-21 | W | Jim MacDonald | TKO | 3 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1990-12-15 | W | Danny Stonewalker | TKO | 8 | Civic Arena , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , U.S. |
| 1991-04-19 | W | Terry Davis | TKO | 2 | Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1991-06-25 | W | Levi Billups | TKO | 3 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1991-07-27 | W | Alex Stewart | TKO | 4 | The Scope , Norfolk, Virginia , U.S. |
| 1991-11-23 | W | Bobby Crabtree | RTD | 1 | Omni Coliseum , Atlanta, Georgia , U.S. |
| 1992-02-01 | W | Mike White | UD | 10 | Caesars Palace , Paradise, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1992-03-17 | W | Everett Martin | UD | 10 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1992-05-15 | W | Bert Cooper | TKO | 5 | Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1992-11-13 | W | Billy Wright | TKO | 2 | Thomas & Mack Center , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1993-02-27 | W | James Smith | UD | 10 | Showboat , Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1993-04-27 | W | Frankie Swindell | TKO | 3 | The Palace, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1993-06-22 | W | James Pritchard | TKO | 3 | Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 1993-12-04 | W | Mike Evans | UD | 10 | Convention Center , Reno, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1994-04-22 | W | Evander Holyfield | MD | 12 | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1994-11-05 | L | George Foreman | KO | 10 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1995-05-13 | W | Melvin Foster | UD | 10 | ARCO Arena , Sacramento, California , U.S. |
| 1996-06-22 | W | Axel Schulz | SD | 12 | Westfalenstadion , Dortmund , Germany |
| 1996-11-09 | W | Francois Botha | TKO | 12 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1997-03-29 | W | Vaughn Bean | MD | 12 | Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1997-11-08 | L | Evander Holyfield | RTD | 8 | Thomas & Mack Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2000-11-17 | W | Lorenzo Boyd | TKO | 4 | Memorial Auditorium , Burlington, Iowa , U.S. |
| 2001-01-12 | W | Terrence Lewis | TKO | 2 | Lucky Star Casino, Concho, Oklahoma , U.S. |
| 2001-07-27 | D | Dale Crowe | TD | 5 | Soaring Eagle Casino , Mount Pleasant, Michigan , U.S. |
| 2001-12-09 | W | Terry Porter | TKO | 4 | Great Plains Coliseum , Lawton, Oklahoma , U.S. |
| 2002-02-16 | W | Robert Davis | UD | 10 | Mohegan Sun Arena , Montville, Connecticut , U.S. |
| 2002-08-17 | L | David Tua | KO | 1 | Etess Arena, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 2003-03-29 | W | Otis Tisdale | UD | 10 | Seminole Casino, Coconut Creek, Florida , U.S. |
| 2003-08-23 | W | Rogério Lobo | KO | 1 | Seminole Casino, Coconut Creek, Florida, U.S. |
| 2004-01-17 | W | Jose Arimatea da Silva | TKO | 7 | Seminole Casino, Coconut Creek, Florida, U.S. |
| 2004-07-03 | L | Eliseo Castillo | UD | 10 | American Airlines Arena , Miami , Florida, U.S. |
| 2004-12-09 | W | Vassiliy Jirov | TKO | 9 | Pechanga Resort & Casino , Temecula, California , U.S. |
| 2006-12-09 | W | Cliff Couser | KO | 1 | Hard Rock Live , Hollywood, Florida , U.S. |
| 2007-03-16 | W | Sedreck Fields | UD | 10 | Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. |
| 2007-08-16 | W | Rich Boruff | TKO | 1 | Figali Convention Center , Panama City , Panama |
| 2007-10-31 | W | Roderick Willis | SD | 10 | José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum , San Juan , Puerto Rico |
| 2008-02-08 | W | Shelby Gross | KO | 1 | Sheikh Rashid Hall, Dubai , UAE |
Showing 57 of 57 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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