Mike Weaver, Unlikely Champion by Jim Amato

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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Title Claimant


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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Mike was a helluva fighter, but maybe he was lucky to part with the WBA belt like he did.I could see Page, Witherspoon, Snipes, and possibly Cobb beating him in the right scenarios back then.