Jul 23, 2023
Who Killed Davey Moore
Photograph by Art Kane
Featherweight champion Davey Moore passed away in 1963 from injuries sustained in his fight against Sugar Ramos at Dodger Stadium days earlier.
The Springfield Ohio native fought often for the Olympic and was beloved in LA; his body lay in state at a South LA funeral home where 10,000 people passed by to pay their respects. His death inspired Bob Dylan's Who Killed Davey Moore and led to calls of boxing being banned by the state of California.
