Joey Archer

Archer, Joey
Data
Birth Name	Archer, Joey
Weight class	medium weight
nationality	Americans
birthday	February 11, 1938
place of birth	Bronx , New York City
style	Left-hand boom
size	1.78 meters
Combat Statistics
Struggles	49
Victories	45
Knockout victories	8th
Defeats	4th
draw	0

Joey Archer (born February 11, 1938 in Bronx , New York City ) is a retired American boxer .

Career

Joey Archer, a New Yorker of Irish descent, started boxing as a teenager, animated by his three years older brother James (Jimmy), who was a professional boxer. He began his professional career at the age of eighteen.

Archer, a left wing sender, d. That is, the right hand was his hitting hand, was an excellent technician and stylist, but was not equipped with very high hitting power. Most of his victorious fights therefore went by.

Managed by his brother Jimmy, he played his first fight on October 7, 1956 in Philadelphia . He came to a point victory over his compatriot Donald Bibbs. He fought in the middleweight division and remained victorious in his first 30 fights. On February 4, 1961, he beat Don Fullmer, the first boxer of rank , in New York . On June 23, 1962, Archer was defeated in New York against the thoroughly washed Jose Monon Gonzalez from Puerto Rico on points. That was his first defeat as a professional boxer. A few months later, on August 25, 1962, he was able to return the favor in New York for this defeat. He beat Gonzalez on points that day.

Over the next three years, Archer won against a number of world-class boxers and moved to the top of the world rankings. On November 10, 1962, he defeated the British Mick Leahy on points in New York . On January 5, 1963, he came in New York to a point victory over the unofficial super welterweight champion Denny Moyer . On October 25, 1963, he beat in New York Rubin Carter 2-1 referee votes and on February 7, 1964 Holly Mims on points. On October 16, 1964, Archer won in New York against ex-world champion Dick Tiger from Nigeria on points. After these victories, Archer was ranked first in the middleweight division of the WBA (World Boxing Association), ahead of Dick Tiger, Rubin Carter and Laszlo Papp from Hungary . World champion at that time was Joey Giardello (see "Boxing Illustrated", No. 3, page 41 of March 1965). On November 10, 1965 he fought against the boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson , who was almost 45 years old at the time and hoped to get back into the big boxing business with a victory over Archer, as he was almost penniless. Archer gave Robinson no chance and clearly scored. Sugar Ray Robinson ended his boxing career after this defeat.

On December 13, 1965, Archer got his first chance at winning an important title. He boxed against Don Fullmer for the America's WBA middleweight title. He could not use this chance and lost after twelve rounds on points. Despite this defeat came on July 13, 1966 a world championship title fight against Emile Griffith . Archer lost in front of 14,000 spectators at Madison Square Garden in New York against Griffith after fifteen rounds just on points. Two judges gave Griffith the win, one scored a draw. On January 1, 1967, the rematch against Emile Griffith took place in New York. It was again about the world title and again Griffith won, this time unanimously, on points.

Archer then ended his boxer career. He opened a restaurant in New York with his brother Jimmy, which they both ran successfully for many years. Many boxing experts in those years felt that Archer ended his boxing career too early. He was only 29 years old. Years later, he himself said that it was the right decision, because after the defeats against Fullmer and Griffith he had not received any reasonable fight offers. Plans to fight against Nino Benvenuti or Sandro Mazzinghi in Europe had failed.

literature

• Box Sport magazine
• Boxing Illustrated trade journal
• The Ring trade journal

Web links

• Joey Archer's fight record
• Joey Archer at Boxrec
• Joey Archer at Cyberboxingzone
• Article about Joey Archer