Moore, the former European light-middleweight champion, was in Spain working at a gym owned by boxer, Matthew Macklin, who he is training
It is understood Moore, from Walkden, has now left hospital after treatment.
Moore, highly regarded in the sport, was on the verge of a WBC title shot, in 2009, but decided He had to quit the sport in 2010 on medical grounds.
Moore is a former two-time British light-middleweight champion and Commonwealth champion.
A source said: “It would appear he was out and about, not at the gym, when he was shot.”
A spokesman for the Foreign Office confirmed that a British national had been shot over the weekend.
Moore was helping prepare Mackin for a fight in Dublin later this month against Argentinian, Jorge Sebastian-Heiland for the WBC international middleweight title.
As well as a working as a trainer Moore has worked as a TV commentator. He is a friend of former boxer, Ricky Hatton. Moore has spoken at several charity events and fundraising dinners for boxers’ whose careers have been cut short by injury.
Ricky Hatton said: "I'm devastated by this news. Jamie is a great pal of mine and my thoughts are, of course, today with him and his family."
He's a great battler and if anyone's going to pull through in hospital it'll be him."
Moore won a legendary fight with Macklin in 2006 at the George Carnell Leisure Centre in Davy hulme in the ‘fight of the year’.
He won 32 of 37 bouts with 23 being knockouts.
He boxed as an amateur before turning professional in 1999.
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