Question: Willis 'Shorty' Hogue was a boxer in California during the 1940s, along with which American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time?

 He had one of the longest professional careers in the history of the sport.  Nicknamed "The Mongoose", and then "The Old Mongoose" in the latter half of his career, Moore holds the record for the most career knockouts (132) in boxing history.  Moore was a highly strategical and defensive boxer, with a great chin and bludgeoning power, he ranks #4 on "The Ring"s list of "100 greatest punchers of all time".  Moore is rated by prominent boxing website BoxRec as the 3rd greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time. Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1916 – December 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (December 1952 – May 1962).  Moore was also a trainer for a short time after retirement.  He trained boxers such as Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and James Tillis. <SEP> Thomas Patrick Loughran (November 29, 1902 – July 7, 1982) was an American professional boxer and the former World Light Heavyweight Champion.  Statistical boxing website BoxRec lists Loughran as the #7 ranked light heavyweight of all time, while "The Ring Magazine" founder Nat Fleischer placed him at #4.  The International Boxing Research Organization rates Loughran as the 6th best light heavyweight ever.  Loughran was named the "Ring Magazine"'s Fighter of the Year twice, first in 1929 and again 1931.  He was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1956 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991. <SEP>  He had a twin brother, Willard, known as "Big Boy" Hogue, who also boxed in this era.  No complete record exists for either brother, but Shorty Hogue was once ranked #3 at middleweight by Ring magazine.  He scored three wins over Archie Moore and beat Jack Chase, Johnny "Bandit" Romero and Eddie Booker.  His win over Booker earned him the California Middleweight Championship. Willis 'Shorty' Hogue was a boxer in California during the 1940s, along with Lloyd Marshall, Charley Burley, Jack Chase (Young Joe Louis), Archie Moore and Eddie Booker.  Around this time, the World Championships were frozen by World War II, and most of the best middleweights of the era fought over the California title.  Charley Burley stopped Hogue in 1942, and after that, Hogue's career hit the doldrums.  Most of Hogue's bouts after this were knockout losses, including one to Eddie Booker, in which he lost the California Middleweight Championship.  There is no record of his career outside of the years 1939 to 1942, but in those three years, he went 55-1.  His only loss was to his cousin, Kole, whose record was an amazing 89-0. <SEP> Duane Gill (born July 10, 1959) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) during the Attitude Era under the ring name Gillberg, a parody of then-rival promotion World Championship Wrestling's top star Goldberg.  During his tenure in the WWF, Gill became a one time Light Heavyweight Champion.  He would go on to hold the title for 15 months, becoming the longest reigning Light Heavyweight Champion as recognized by WWE.