Fred Moore, alias Fabulous (born February 26, 1967), is a light heavyweight

Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

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Personal life

Moore was born in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, but now makes his home in Rochester

Rochester, Minnesota

Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on both banks of the Zumbro River, The city has a population of 106,769 according to the 2010 United States Census, making it Minnesota's third-largest city and the largest outside of the...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

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Professional career

Moore debuted in November 1994 and won the first 25 fights of his career before dropping a fight by TKO

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

 to Quincy Taylor

Quincy Taylor

Quincy Taylor , was a professional boxer in the Middleweight division.Taylor, a southpaw, turned pro in 1986. In 1987, he KO´d Sugar Ray Leonard in a sparring match and in 1994 landed a shot at WBC Middleweight Title holder Julian Jackson...

 in June 2001. In his career, Moore has fought Kenny Bowman, Quincy Taylor

Quincy Taylor

Quincy Taylor , was a professional boxer in the Middleweight division.Taylor, a southpaw, turned pro in 1986. In 1987, he KO´d Sugar Ray Leonard in a sparring match and in 1994 landed a shot at WBC Middleweight Title holder Julian Jackson...

, Reggie Johnson, and Glen Johnson

Glen Johnson (boxer)

Glengoffe Donovan Johnson is a professional boxer. Nicknamed Gentleman and The Road Warrior, Johnson is the former IBF and Ring magazine light heavyweight champion.-Amateur career:...

, among others. As of October 2007, Moore's professional record was 30 wins (27 by knockout

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

) and 7 losses.

Fred Moore grew up in the Scotland School for Veterans' Children in Scotland, PA where he earned the title of the best fighter in the school.