U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa announced Monday that he is introducing a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives to have the Ramona Post Office renamed as the Archie Moore Post Office Building.<\/p>\n
Issa described the renaming as a \u201clasting tribute\u201d to the light heavyweight boxing champion at a gathering of local and national officials at the Ramona MMA Center. Issa has referred the bill, HR 4982, to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability for consideration, he said.<\/p>\n
He said Moore is being recognized for his long professional boxing career with 220 fights and 186 wins in addition to his service to the Any Boy Can program, which he founded in 1957 to help keep young men off drugs and out of gangs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason the Post Office is being named in honor of Archie Moore is because he did get knocked down and he got up,\u201d Issa said at the news conference. \u201cHe helped youths who got knocked down and got back up. This is an honor for Archie Moore and his family, today and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
The timeline for the bill\u2019s approval is not yet known, but Issa\u2019s representative says it has \u201cwidespread support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dan Summers, a Ramona Unified School District trustee and former Ramona Community Planning Group member, is leading the local effort for the postal name change. He also wants to see a statue and mural of Moore, who lived in Ramona for a time, at the Post Office.<\/p>\n
Summers said Monday that he appreciates Issa\u2019s efforts to recognize a \u201cgreat athlete and a great American.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe chose Ramona as his training site where he trained a young Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) and also trained George Foreman,\u201d Summers said of the boxer nicknamed \u201cThe Mongoose,\u201d who passed away in 1998 at age 84.<\/p>\n
Endorsements in support of the Post Office name change have been made by the Planning Group, the school district, Ramona Municipal Water District, Ramona Chamber of Commerce, Ramona Town Hall Association, the Ramona MMA Center and The Gym fitness center. Representatives of these groups were in attendance Monday.<\/p>\n
William Spencer, regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said at the event that the new Post Office name would honor the enduring legacy of a great boxer and human who believed that resilience and faith could change a life.<\/p>\n
Spencer said Moore had been a presidential appointee like himself who worked for the Housing and Urban Development department on a project named \u201cProject Build.\u201d The program focused on teaching boxing to youths who lived in low-income housing projects, Spencer said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe built life lessons when he built Any Boy Can and Project Build,\u201d Spencer told the crowd after stating President Trump sent his warm regards. \u201cWe are all fighting for Americans and the people. It\u2019s a different arena, but the same fight, to teach the future generations how to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moore\u2019s children, Billy Moore and J\u2019Marie Moore, thanked the crowd for their support.<\/p>\n
Billy Moore, who continues to guide youths through boxing at the Any Body Can Youth Foundation in San Diego, said his dad was known internationally not only for boxing but for caring for people as a humanitarian.<\/p>\n
He recalled that his dad once met with President Dwight Eisenhower and told him that the U.S. was headed for a gang and drug epidemic, but if the country focused on prevention as opposed to rehabilitation the nation could save billions of dollars and millions of lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy dad believed that youths are our future,\u201d Moore said. \u201cThat\u2019s where we are today \u2013 helping our youths.\u201d<\/p>\n
J\u2019Marie Moore described how her dad chose to build his training camp on 120 acres he bought near the current Archie Moore Road and state Route 67.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe made it quite a place, he lived right here in Ramona,\u201d she said, adding that her father taught her to box. \u201cHe nicknamed me \u2018Lady Mongoose,\u2019 that was my ring name.\u201d<\/p>\n
Duncan Hunter, who served as a U.S. Rep from 1981 to 2009, said at the event that Archie Moore epitomized the American character.<\/p>\n
Hunter said Moore fought former Canadian light heavyweight boxing champion Yvon Durelle for the world championship on Dec. 10, 1958. Durelle knocked Moore down several times during the fight but Moore got back up and won the title with an 11th-round knockout.<\/p>\n
Moore can be a mentor to youths struggling with academics and athletics, Hunter said.<\/p>\n
\u201cParents can take their kids to the Post Office and give them an example of another guy who got knocked down and got back up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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