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Mike Weaver
(Michael Dwayne Weaver)
("Hercules")

BORN June 14 1952; Gatesville, Texas
(Some sources report July 7 1952)
HEIGHT 6-1
WEIGHT 189-234 lbs (some sources report 244 lbs)
MANAGER Don Manuel

 

 

Weaver was a well-built physical specimen; He was very strong in body, could hit and was willing; But, his boxing skills were limited and his chin was suspect; During his career, he won the WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World, WBA Continental Americas Heavyweight Championship, USBA Heavyweight Championship, Heavyweight Championship of California and NBA Heavyweight Championship

Mike defeated such men as John Tate, Gerrie Coetzee, Carl "Truth" Williams, Phillip Brown, James "Quick" Tillis, Bernardo Mercado, Stan Ward, Scott LeDoux, Bert Cooper and Johnny du Plooy

1972
Sep 14 Howard Smith               Los Angeles, Ca                    LK  3
Oct 31 Howard Smith               Bakersfield, Ca                     L  5

1973
Feb  2 Carlos Lopez               San Bernardino, Ca                  W  5
Feb 28 Billy Ryan                 Fresno, Ca                         LK  2
Sep 10 Lynch Martin               Inglewood, Ca                      KO  1
Oct 11 Toni Pulu                  Los Angeles, Ca                    KO  4
Nov  9 Bob Swoopes                San Diego, Ca                      KO  1
Dec 12 Larry Frazier              San Francisco, Ca                  LK  2

1974
Feb 21 Ellis McKinley             Los Angeles, Ca                     W  6
Mar 22 Rodney Bobick              Los Angeles, Ca                     L 10
May 31 Orville Qualls             San Diego, Ca                      KO  2
Jul 26 Duane Bobick               San Diego, Ca                      LK  7
Aug 24 Mani Vaca                  Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10

1975
Jun 27 Tony Doyle                 San Diego, Ca                      TK  9
          -Some sources report "San Jose, Ca"

1976                
Jul 14 Jody Ballard               Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10
Nov  4 Fonomanu Sekona            San Carlos, Ca                     KO  6

1977
Jan 19 Dwain Bonds                Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  9
Apr  1 Bill Sharkey               New York, NY                        W 10
Sep 13 Dave Martinez              Anchorage, Ak                      KO  1
Nov 15 Pedro Lovell               Anaheim, Ca                         W 10

1978
Jan 24 Stan Ward                  Sacramento, Ca                      L 12
          -Heavyweight Championship of California
Aug 19 Leroy Jones                Las Vegas, Nv                       L 12
          -NABF Heavyweight Championship
Sep 17 Mike Creel                 Reno, Nv                           KO  2
Oct 22 Bernardo Mercado           Reno, Nv                           TK  5
Dec  5 Abdul Khan                 Reno, Nv                           KO  2
          -Some sources report "Mel Rush"

1979
Jan 18 Stan Ward                  Las Vegas, Nv                      TK  9
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship
Mar  2 Oliver Phillips            Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  4
Jun 22 Larry Holmes               New York, NY                       LT 12
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World
Sep 22 Harry Terrell              Los Angeles, Ca                    KO  4
          -Some sources report 9/24/79
Nov 24 Scott LeDoux               Bloomington, Mn                     W 12
          -USBA Heavyweight Championship

1980
Mar 31 John Tate                  Knoxville, Tn                      KO 15
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World
Oct 25 Gerrie Coetzee             Sun City, Boph, SA                 TK 13
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World

1981
Oct  3 James "Quick" Tillis       Rosemont, Il                        W 15
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World

1982
Dec 10 Michael Dokes              Las Vegas, Nv                      LT  1
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World

1983
May 20 Michael Dokes              Las Vegas, Nv                       D 15
          -WBA Heavyweight Championship of the World
Sep 30 Stan Ward                  Inglewood, Ca                      TK  9
          -Heavyweight Championship of California

1984
Aug 31 Billy Joe Thomas           Las Vegas, Nv                      KO  7
Nov  9 Tony Anthony               Las Vegas, Nv                      WF  1

1985
Jun 15 Pinklon Thomas             Las Vegas, Nv                      LT  8
          -WBC Heavyweight Championship of the World

1986
Feb 16 Carl "Truth" Williams      Troy, NY                           TK  2
Apr  5 James "Bonecrusher" Smith  Latham, NY                         LT  1
Aug 23 Donovan "Razor" Ruddock    Fayetteville, NC                    L 10

1987
Jul 29 David Jaco                 Yaounde, Cameroon                  KO  2
Aug 24 James Pritchard            Louisville, Ky                     TK  6
Nov 28 Johnny du Plooy            Johannesburg, Trans, SA            TK  7

1988
Apr 30 Johnny du Plooy            Sun City, Boph, SA                 LK  2

1989
Jan 31 Bobby Crabtree             Reseda, Ca                         KO  3
May  1 Lionel Washington          Inglewood, Ca                      TK  1
          -WBA Continental Americas Heavyweight Championship
Jul 27 Phillip Brown              New York, NY                        W 12
          -WBA Continental Americas Heavyweight Championship

1990
Apr  4 James "Bonecrusher" Smith  New York, NY                        L 12
          -WBA Continental Americas Heavyweight Championship
Jul 18 Dion Burgess               Toronto, Ont, Can                  TK  5
          -Some sources report 7/17/90

1991
Jul 12 Lennox Lewis               Stateline, Nv                      LT  6

1992
Nov 17 Mike Gans                  Bakersfield, Ca                    KO  5

1993
Feb 27 Bert Cooper                Beijing, China                      W 12
          -NBA Heavyweight Championship;
           Some sources report "W 10"

1994
Jun  6 Ladislao Mijangos          Bay St. Louis, Ms                  KO  2
          -NBA Heavyweight Championship
Sep 17 Bill Corrigan              Macao, China                       TK  2
          -NBA Heavyweight Championship;

1995
Jun 21 George O'Mara              Woodland Hills, Ca                  W 12
          -NBA Heavyweight Championship

1996
Mar 27 Derrick Ryals              Woodland Hills, Ca                  W 10

1998
Aug  8 Melvin Foster              Spirit Lake, Id                    LT  9

2000
Nov 17 Larry Holmes               Biloxi, Ms                         LT  6
          -Legends of Boxing Heavyweight Championship

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 
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