- Holds the record for most knockouts by a professional fighter, 145.
- Was brother-in-law of Sidney Poitier.
- Memorable for his excellent portrayal of the runaway slave Jim, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960).
- Had a boxing-glove shaped swimming pool at his home in San Diego.
- Appeared on the TV show, You Bet Your Life (1950) after his knockout loss to Rocky Marciano. Moore told host Groucho Marx that he wanted a rematch with Marciano. Marciano retired and the rematch never took place.
- Was friends with Floyd Patterson.
- Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, 1980.
- Moore was cremated and is interred in a niche at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory, in San Diego.
- Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1990.
- Knocked down undefeated World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano, but was knocked out himself in the 9th round.
- Fought Shorty Hogue three times, losing the first bout (Hogue's pro debut), the second bout in 1941, and winning their last bout (Hogue's last fight).
- Light-heavyweight prizefighter; World Champion in his weight class (175-pound limit) from 1952 to 1960.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 425-427. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Upon his death, his remains were cremated and interred at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego, California. His location plot is Apostle Gallery, niche 401, in an urn.
- Has three daughters: Rena, J'Marie, and Elizabeth, Four sons: Archie Jr., Billy, Anthony, and D'Angelo, and two grandchildren.
- Moore was knocked out by heavyweight champions Ezzard Charles 8 rounds, Rocky Marciano 9 rounds, Floyd Patterson 5 rounds and Muhammad Ali 4 rounds.
- Pro Wrestling Referee.
- Inducted into the St. Louis Hall of Fame in 2002.
- Son of Thomas Wright, and Lorena Reyold Wright.
- His son: Hardy Moore predeceased, him.
- Inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.
- Has one sister Rachel.
- Father of J'Marie Moore.
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