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Weaver vs. Coetzee: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Mike Weaver (Hercules) defends his WBA heavyweight title against Gerrie Coetzee (The Boksburg Bomber). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

29
Sep 14, 1972
22-9
2
15 (48.4%)
185 cm
198 cm
13 cm
Orthodox
Mar 31, 1980
6m, 25d
3
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Sep 14, 1974
23-1
1
13 (54.2%)
192 cm
206 cm
14 cm
Orthodox
Apr 19, 1980
6m, 6d
1
WBA
HV
w1
heavyweight
Saturday, 25 Oct 1980
Superbowl, Sun City, Bophuthatswana
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Mike Weaver vs. Gerrie Coetzee

Date

This fight between Mike Weaver and Gerrie Coetzee took place on at the Superbowl, Sun City, Bophuthatswana.

Tale of the Tape

At 192 cm, Gerrie Coetzee is the taller of the two by 7 cms; Mike Weaver is 185 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 206 cm, Coetzee also has a good reach advantage of 8 cms over Weaver's 198 cm. On top of that, Coetzee also has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Weaver.

Weaver is coming in to this fight with a record of 22-9 (15 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 25 days ago against John Tate, which he won via 15th round KO.

Coetzee comes in with a record of 23-1 (13 KOs). His last fight was 6 months and 6 days ago against Mike Koranicki, which he won via 1st round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Weaver will be 29 years and 4 months old. Coetzee will be 25 years and 6 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 62-38 in favor of Mike Weaver. Here is the prediction for Weaver vs Coetzee.

Mike Weaver is likely to win. Unless Gerrie Coetzee puts on an exceptional performance, it is going to be hard for him to win this fight.

Result

Mike Weaver defeated Gerrie Coetzee via 13th round TKO. Coetzee's 1 fight win streak comes to an end, and Weaver advances his win streak to 4. Weaver is now 23-9, and Coetzee 23-2.

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