Weighing In - Part 77

 Davey Moore, Johannesburg 1982

Above is a video of American boxer Davey Moore (1959-1988) weighing in for a fight against Charlie Weir in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 26, 1982.  Moore was fighting as a light middleweight, and he was over the 154 lb. (69.9 kg) weight limit, so he stripped and got weighed again, which is what we're looking at.  There was no modesty towel for the weigh-in.  Moore said "No women in here?" before stepping up to the scale.  He wasn't concerned about men seeing him. 

Moore was still slightly over the weight limit, by less than half a pound, which he was able to lose before the fight.

Here's a screen shot of Moore from the weigh-in video.

At the time, Moore held the WBA light middleweight title.  He won this fight against Weir and kept his title.  His lifetime record was 18 wins, 5 losses.

A few years later, in 1988, Davey Moore was at home in Holmdel, NJ, when his car, an unoccupied SUV, started rolling down his driveway.  Moore tried to stop it, but he slipped on wet ground, was dragged under the car, and was crushed to death at age 28.