Looks 52

Used to be a trainer at a local gym near me a few years ago. Looked like he could go 15 rounds on the spot. Shaking hands with him was like trying to shake hands with the business end of baseball bat lol. Was a real privilege to meet him, still looks fantastic and I hope he's still doing well. Also, I feel he's extremely underrated in his accomplishments, so if you don't know, look up his resume.

@@M45N I mean compared to today's heavyweights he's not huge. Certainly not "puny" though. If I had to guess he's now prob 6'1"-6'2" prob low 200 lbs somewhere, and as I said looks to keep himself in very good shape. I never had the privilege of training there or with him. They actually had a really nice attached bar where they'd play all the fights at night and my girl and I would go all the time. You never knew who would show up when they were in town and he'd often be there also at night when he was a trainer there. Very humble and quiet. Would sit by himself and say eat a pizza and share with everyone. I worked up the courage to introduce myself one night and shook his hand. I'm in decent shape and we're about the same size and my dad always taught me to give a firm handshake. So when I did he gave me one back and said "Oh so you want to be a tough guy?" He was messing with me but he's a pretty intimidating looking guy in person and I about died. Had a good (nervous lol) laugh about it but he got me good. Wish I'd have taken a picture with him but it's a cool memory. One of the things I love about boxing that I can't say about many other sports is I've met a bunch of pro fighters and champions over the years and I've never met one who was wasn't a complete gentleman.

Yea mike looks great😂 loved the story's about him in teddy atlases autobiography ,very entertaining

Well said!!!!

Why nobody says that about white dudes " well spoken" dude is a grown ass man u thought he couldn't talk

​@anthonytaylor7928 I'm tired of that stereotype, too!

@@anthonytaylor7928 Just take the fucking compliment instead of letting your victim complex trigger with every single thing.

@@djknockinbeats5092 , you are not the only one who is tired of that narrative, thus my reason for saying the following: People have said that about White fighters! For instance in the MMA World there is a fighter named Nate Diaz. Videos were made about him as well as his brother's decline in speaking abilities. It is about CTE, not race!

@@anthonytaylor7928 People have said that about White fighters! For instance in the MMA World there is a fighter named Nate Diaz. Videos were made about him as well as his brother's decline in speaking abilities. It is about CTE, not race!

That's a very racist statement and you don't even know it.

Looks quite good and very well-spoken. Rare for a retired boxer.

Articulate because he's black.

@@David-si9pi actually, I think he's the most articulate ex-champ I've seen, of any skin color.

White liberals making racist comments and not even knowing it, lol.

Considering the beatings he's taken, very much so.

Thats what I noticed right away. Very clear headed and articulate, not punchy at all.

No stuttering unlike the nervous interviewer who told Moorer alot of people see that this era of heavyweights is just like his era, the "golden age of heavyweights" 🤣🤣🤣

Not yet. Frankie Randall seemed healthy when I met him and died of cte dementia

Great fighter.

Freddy roach fired him form the wild card gym for being a jerk

@@paleo704 You made that up.

Would you say he was well spoken if he was white? Think about that.

Let me tell you what a "good dude" he is. And a few things that are 100% fact: Michael Moorer HAS ALWAYS "done him". Michael Moorer HAS ALWAYS "taken care of himself". Above his Grandfather - (The man who trained him from day 1). Who died penniless, in a roach infested personal care home. To his Mother, who lived in a state funded rat-hole apartment before she died. To his younger Brother, who was homeless, while dying from brain cancer. Michael Moorer HAS ALWAYS... ALWAYS... ALWAYS "done him". (100% FACT).

That's true. Every dog has his day.

I think what Ali did to Forman Was what Forman did to him

*One of the hardest. Earlier Shavers is the hardest according to Ali.

He was given ONE instruction:"Don't stand in front of him" so what does he do?Stand in front of him.Not smart.

@@L.E.O.6141 Even Foreman admitted Moorer made this mistake.

Yep could've been the best of all time at light heavyweight in my opinion

I've always thought the same, imo he could have been the dominant LH of the era. I think he lost something when he moved up to heavyweight.

@@tedbundy2268 agree notice people always going to him being heavyweight

Yeah he could’ve been an elite light heavy. Knocked out everybody at that weight.

He still won 3 HW belts

👍

People forget this, Moorer made his own history.

@@CidersAndReligiousCrusades 🤣

Indeed he was an inner city kid. So was mike tyson. But eventually all that anger goes away.

Not with the forman loss. He was bitter and talked all kinds of shit about forman. He even said forman got lucky and he needs to shut his mouth saying he planned it.

@@user-qs9jl1bl2uTo some extent. But after getting knocked out by Foreman, he went and kissed Foreman on the head.

@@adamesd3699 no not to some extent. There’s interviews YEARS later where he is talking shit about the KO saying forman needs to shut up because he got lucky. Just because he is humble now doesn’t mean he has always been humble because he wasn’t.

@@user-qs9jl1bl2u I think I saw the episode you are talking about. There was some kind of exchange where Foreman said he had been planning on taking it easy a bit and then surprising Moorer in the 10th round. And Moorer responded that this was BS and that Foreman hadn’t planned it, that the opportunity arose and Foreman took it. He wasn’t so much talking sh!t about Foreman. He was just upset that Foreman was claiming the knockout was pre-planned. Did he sound a bit bitter? Yeah, a bit. But not more than any other fighter who lost a big fight he had been winning.

@@adamesd3699 well my friend that is the definition of being bitter after a loss so no he wasn’t always grace full in defeat. Which was my point!

It is good to see he's gotten past the bitterness. Maybe that's typical for a young, undefeated fighter.

Looks quite good and very well-spoken. Rare for a retired boxer.

I said the same. It took him a very long time to get to this place, not that the same couldn't be said for Foreman at one time. Must be very hard to be young and undefeated, maybe particularly hard when you lose because the other fighter was more cunning-- not the better athlete.

That's taking it too far. He was one of the best light heavyweights of his era, certainly the biggest puncher in the division at the time, but he never unified the titles and didn't face many of the top fighters in his division, but instead moved up to but heavyweight? A good fighter with a great light-heavyweight punch, but not even close to one of the greatest to ever put on the gloves, sorry.

Atlas's book was a good read. He gave a lot of interesting insight into Moorer.

He was a smaller heavyweight, but had no choice to move up, there's never been big money fights at light heavyweight. It's an odd weight class for boxing.

I thought he's Bernard Hopkins.

No. Muhammad Ali’s 8 th round KO of George is far greater.

@@graemechristopher4008 I was thinking Frazier's left hook that planted Ali was the top moment.

​@@graemechristopher4008Nah. Ali's victory in Rumble in the Jungle was great, but not as great as George Foreman reclaiming his title at 46 years old, becoming the oldest champion in heavyweight history and setting two records that night that are still in place.

That moment was undoubtedly very special and incredulous. However even though Foreman was 45 years old, defeating Michael Moorer was not anywhere near as great as facing a 25 year old undefeated George Foreman, who had brutally battered both Frazier and Norton in a total of 4 rounds. I remember at the time that many analysts and boxing writers seriously feared for Ali’s health, believing that he would be knocked out and hurt. Michael Moorer, a mediocre heavyweight champion, did not pose the same threat to Big George.@@Matt_Andrew349

He wasn't always class, lol. He was sort of a punk in his day. He wined about his loss to Foreman for a long time. He's matured with age as many people do.