Mike Weaver

Career, Record, Stats
Mike Weaver

Mike Weaver (Hercules) is a 73-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a former heavyweight world champion. In a career spanning 28 years, 2 months, and 3 days, Weaver amassed a record of 41-18-1, which includes 28 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Mike Weaver's Boxing Career

Mike Weaver was born in Gatesville, Texas, U.S. on June 13, 1951. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on September 14, 1972 against Howard Smith. Weaver lost to Smith via 3rd round KO. Not a good start!

Weaver got his first shot at a world title at the age of 28 after 27 professional fights. On June 22, 1979 Weaver challenged Larry Holmes' WBC heavyweight title but lost via 12th round TKO.

He became a world champion on March 31, 1980 at the age of 28 years, after by defeating John Tate, the then-reining WBA heavyweight champion, via 15th round KO. This was his 31st fight as a professional.

Weaver's last fight was a 6th-round TKO loss to Larry Holmes at age 49, on November 17, 2000.

Some of Mike Weaver's best fights have been against Gerrie Coetzee, Carl Williams, Bert Cooper, and James Tillis. For a complete list of Weaver's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Mike Weaver".

Weaver has 18 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Mike Weaver Losses".

Mike Weaver's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
60
Nov 17, 2000 49 Larry Holmes Larry Holmes 51 67-6
loss
TKO
6
59
Aug 08, 1998 47 generic fighter pic Melvin Foster
loss
TKO
9
58
Mar 27, 1996 44 generic fighter pic Derrick Ryals
win
UD
10
57
Jun 21, 1995 44 generic fighter pic George O'Mara
win
UD
12
56
Sep 17, 1994 43 generic fighter pic Bill Corrigan
win
RTD
2
55
Jun 06, 1994 42 generic fighter pic Ladislao Mijangos
win
KO
2
54
Feb 27, 1993 41 Bert Cooper Bert Cooper 27 29-9
win
UD
10
53
Nov 17, 1992 41 generic fighter pic Mike Gans
win
KO
5
52
Jul 12, 1991 40 Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis 25 15-0
loss
KO
6
51
Jul 18, 1990 39 generic fighter pic Dion Burgess
win
TKO
5
50
Apr 04, 1990 38 James Smith James Smith 37 23-8-1
loss
UD
12
49
Jul 27, 1989 38 generic fighter pic Philipp Brown
win
SD
12
48
May 01, 1989 37 generic fighter pic Lionel Washington
win
TKO
1
47
Jan 31, 1989 37 generic fighter pic Bobby Crabtree
win
KO
3
46
Apr 30, 1988 36 generic fighter pic Johnny DuPlooy
loss
KO
2
45
Nov 28, 1987 36 generic fighter pic Johnny DuPlooy
win
RTD
6
44
Aug 24, 1987 36 generic fighter pic James Pritchard
win
TKO
6
43
Jul 29, 1987 36 generic fighter pic David Jaco
win
KO
2
42
Aug 23, 1986 35 Donovan Ruddock Donovan Ruddock 22 12-1-1
loss
SD
10
41
Apr 05, 1986 34 James Smith James Smith 33 15-5
loss
TKO
1
40
Feb 16, 1986 34 Carl Williams Carl Williams 26 17-1
win
TKO
2
39
Jun 15, 1985 34 Pinklon Thomas Pinklon Thomas 27 25-0-1
loss
TKO
8
38
Nov 09, 1984 33 generic fighter pic Tony Anthony
win
DQ
1
37
Aug 31, 1984 33 generic fighter pic Billy Joe Thomas
win
TKO
7
36
Sep 30, 1983 32 generic fighter pic Stan Ward
win
TKO
9
35
May 20, 1983 31 generic fighter pic Michael Dokes
draw
MD
15
34
Dec 10, 1982 31 generic fighter pic Michael Dokes
loss
TKO
1
33
Oct 03, 1981 30 James Tillis James Tillis 24 20-0
win
UD
15
32
Oct 25, 1980 29 Gerrie Coetzee Gerrie Coetzee 25 23-1
win
TKO
13
31
Mar 31, 1980 28 generic fighter pic John Tate
win
KO
15
30
Nov 24, 1979 28 generic fighter pic Scott LeDoux
win
UD
12
29
Sep 22, 1979 28 generic fighter pic Harry Terrell
win
KO
4
28
Jun 22, 1979 28 Larry Holmes Larry Holmes 29 30-0
loss
TKO
12
27
Mar 02, 1979 27 generic fighter pic Oliver Philipps
win
KO
4
26
Jan 18, 1979 27 generic fighter pic Stan Ward
win
RTD
9
25
Dec 05, 1978 27 generic fighter pic Abdul Khan
win
KO
2
24
Oct 22, 1978 27 generic fighter pic Bernardo Mercado
win
TKO
5
23
Sep 17, 1978 27 generic fighter pic Mike Creel
win
KO
2
22
Aug 19, 1978 27 Leroy Jones Leroy Jones 28 20-0-1
loss
UD
12
21
Jan 24, 1978 26 generic fighter pic Stan Ward
loss
UD
12
20
Nov 15, 1977 26 generic fighter pic Pedro Lovell
win
UD
10
19
Sep 13, 1977 26 generic fighter pic Dave Martinez
win
KO
1
18
Apr 01, 1977 25 generic fighter pic Bill Sharkey
win
MD
10
17
Jan 19, 1977 25 generic fighter pic Dwain Bonds
win
KO
8
16
Nov 04, 1976 25 generic fighter pic Fonomanu Young Sekona
win
KO
6
15
Jul 14, 1976 25 generic fighter pic Jody Ballard
win
MD
10
14
Jun 27, 1975 24 generic fighter pic Tony Doyle
win
TKO
9
13
Aug 24, 1974 23 generic fighter pic Mani Vaka
win
PTS
10
12
Jul 26, 1974 23 generic fighter pic Duane Bobick
loss
TKO
7
11
May 31, 1974 22 generic fighter pic Orville Qualls
win
KO
2
10
Mar 22, 1974 22 generic fighter pic Rodney Bobick
loss
UD
10
9
Feb 21, 1974 22 generic fighter pic Ellis McKinley
win
PTS
6
8
Dec 11, 1973 22 generic fighter pic Larry Frazier
loss
KO
2
7
Nov 09, 1973 22 generic fighter pic Bob Swoopes
win
KO
1
6
Oct 11, 1973 22 generic fighter pic Tony Pulu
win
KO
2
5
Sep 10, 1973 22 generic fighter pic Lyn Martin
win
KO
1
4
Feb 28, 1973 21 generic fighter pic Billy Ryan
loss
TKO
2
3
Feb 02, 1973 21 generic fighter pic Carlos Lopez
win
PTS
5
2
Oct 31, 1972 21 generic fighter pic Howard Smith
loss
PTS
5
1
Sep 14, 1972 21 generic fighter pic Howard Smith
loss
KO
3
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