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Total Fights | 60 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 18 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 28 |
KO Losses | 12 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 28 years and two months, Mike Weaver fought 60 times with 41 wins, 18 losses, and 1 draw.
Weaver retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-18-1, which included one heavyweight world-title win and three successful title defense fights. He had a 46.7% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 28 of his total 60 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Weaver suffered 12 knockout losses in his career, three of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 6th round TKO defeat to Larry Holmes on November 17, 2000.
Some of Weaver's best fights and notable victories include wins over James Tillis, Carl Williams, and Gerrie Coetzee.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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60 | Nov 17, 2000 | 49 | Larry Holmes | Loss | TKO6 |
59 | Aug 8, 1998 | 47 | Melvin Foster | Loss | TKO9 |
58 | Mar 27, 1996 | 44 | Derrick Ryals | Win | UD |
57 | Jun 21, 1995 | 44 | George O'Mara | Win | UD |
56 | Sep 17, 1994 | 43 | Bill Corrigan | Win | RTD2 |
55 | Jun 6, 1994 | 42 | Ladislao Mijangos | Win | KO2 |
54 | Feb 27, 1993 | 41 | Bert Cooper | Win | UD |
53 | Nov 17, 1992 | 41 | Mike Gans | Win | KO5 |
52 | Jul 12, 1991 | 40 | Lennox Lewis | Loss | KO6 |
51 | Jul 18, 1990 | 39 | Dion Burgess | Win | TKO5 |
50 | Apr 4, 1990 | 38 | James Smith | Loss * | UD |
49 | Jul 27, 1989 | 38 | Philipp Brown | Win * | SD |
48 | May 1, 1989 | 37 | Lionel Washington | Win * | TKO1 |
47 | Jan 31, 1989 | 37 | Bobby Crabtree | Win | KO3 |
46 | Apr 30, 1988 | 36 | Johnny DuPlooy | Loss | KO2 |
45 | Nov 28, 1987 | 36 | Johnny DuPlooy | Win | RTD6 |
44 | Aug 24, 1987 | 36 | James Pritchard | Win | TKO6 |
43 | Jul 29, 1987 | 36 | David Jaco | Win | KO2 |
42 | Aug 23, 1986 | 35 | Donovan Ruddock | Loss | SD |
41 | Apr 5, 1986 | 34 | James Smith | Loss | TKO1 |
40 | Feb 16, 1986 | 34 | Carl Williams | Win | TKO2 |
39 | Jun 15, 1985 | 34 | Pinklon Thomas | Loss * | TKO8 |
38 | Nov 9, 1984 | 33 | Tony Anthony | Win | DQ |
37 | Aug 31, 1984 | 33 | Billy Joe Thomas | Win | TKO7 |
36 | Sep 30, 1983 | 32 | Stan Ward | Win | TKO9 |
35 | May 20, 1983 | 31 | Michael Dokes | Draw * | MD |
34 | Dec 10, 1982 | 31 | Michael Dokes | Loss * | TKO1 |
33 | Oct 3, 1981 | 30 | James Tillis | Win * | UD |
32 | Oct 25, 1980 | 29 | Gerrie Coetzee | Win * | TKO13 |
31 | Mar 31, 1980 | 28 | John Tate | Win * | KO15 |
30 | Nov 24, 1979 | 28 | Scott LeDoux | Win | UD |
29 | Sep 22, 1979 | 28 | Harry Terrell | Win | KO4 |
28 | Jun 22, 1979 | 28 | Larry Holmes | Loss * | TKO12 |
27 | Mar 2, 1979 | 27 | Oliver Philipps | Win | KO4 |
26 | Jan 18, 1979 | 27 | Stan Ward | Win | RTD9 |
25 | Dec 5, 1978 | 27 | Abdul Khan | Win | KO2 |
24 | Oct 22, 1978 | 27 | Bernardo Mercado | Win | TKO5 |
23 | Sep 17, 1978 | 27 | Mike Creel | Win | KO2 |
22 | Aug 19, 1978 | 27 | Leroy Jones | Loss | UD |
21 | Jan 24, 1978 | 26 | Stan Ward | Loss | UD |
20 | Nov 15, 1977 | 26 | Pedro Lovell | Win | UD |
19 | Sep 13, 1977 | 26 | Dave Martinez | Win | KO1 |
18 | Apr 1, 1977 | 25 | Bill Sharkey | Win | MD |
17 | Jan 19, 1977 | 25 | Dwain Bonds | Win | KO8 |
16 | Nov 4, 1976 | 25 | Fonomanu Young Sekona | Win | KO6 |
15 | Jul 14, 1976 | 25 | Jody Ballard | Win | MD |
14 | Jun 27, 1975 | 24 | Tony Doyle | Win | TKO9 |
13 | Aug 24, 1974 | 23 | Mani Vaka | Win | PTS |
12 | Jul 26, 1974 | 23 | Duane Bobick | Loss | TKO7 |
11 | May 31, 1974 | 22 | Orville Qualls | Win | KO2 |
10 | Mar 22, 1974 | 22 | Rodney Bobick | Loss | UD |
9 | Feb 21, 1974 | 22 | Ellis McKinley | Win | PTS |
8 | Dec 11, 1973 | 22 | Larry Frazier | Loss | KO2 |
7 | Nov 9, 1973 | 22 | Bob Swoopes | Win | KO1 |
6 | Oct 11, 1973 | 22 | Tony Pulu | Win | KO2 |
5 | Sep 10, 1973 | 22 | Lyn Martin | Win | KO1 |
4 | Feb 28, 1973 | 21 | Billy Ryan | Loss | TKO2 |
3 | Feb 2, 1973 | 21 | Carlos Lopez | Win | PTS |
2 | Oct 31, 1972 | 21 | Howard Smith | Loss | PTS |
1 | Sep 14, 1972 | 21 | Howard Smith | Loss | KO3 |
* World-title fight
Mike Weaver (Hercules) is a 72-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Gatesville, Texas, U.S. on June 13, 1951. He is a former heavyweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 28 years — from 1972 to 2000.
Weaver made his professional boxing debut against Howard Smith at the age of 21 on September 14, 1972, losing to Smith via 3rd round KO.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on June 22, 1979 after 27 professional fights, against Larry Holmes for the WBC title. He lost to Holmes via 12th round TKO.
Weaver has won one world title at heavyweight. For all the details about Weaver's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Weaver had a total of 18 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against fellow American boxer Larry Holmes on November 17, 2000. Weaver lost the fight via 6th round TKO. It's been 23 years, 5 months, and 8 days since this fight.
Weaver had a total of 10 world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and three successful title defenses. He won five of these fights, lost four, and drew in one.
Mike Weaver fought for a heavyweight world title in five fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one heavyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 31, 1980 | John Tate | Heavyweight | WBA | KO |
Mike Weaver had five heavyweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jul 27, 1989 | Philipp Brown | Heavyweight | WBA | SD |
Oct 3, 1981 | James Tillis | Heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Oct 25, 1980 | Gerrie Coetzee | Heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Mike Weaver lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Apr 4, 1990 | James Smith | Heavyweight | WBA | UD |
Dec 10, 1982 | Michael Dokes | Heavyweight | WBA | TKO |
Weaver fought a total of 60 times during his professional career, which includes 10 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
June 22, 1979: In his first world-title fight, Mike Weaver loses to Larry Holmes via 12th round TKO. He was fighting for the WBC heavyweight title.
March 31, 1980: Weaver wins the WBA heavyweight title from John Tate, by beating Tate via 15th round KO.
October 25, 1980: Weaver successfully defends the WBA heavyweight title against Gerrie Coetzee, winning the fight via 13th round TKO.
February 16, 1986: Mike Weaver beats Carl Williams via 2nd round TKO.
Weaver knocked out 28 of his 60 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 46.7%. Of his total 41 wins, 28 of them were via KO (68.3%).
Weaver's first world-title win was the WBA belt at heavyweight. He defeated John Tate via 15 round KO to win the title.
Weaver won one world title at heavyweight.
Weaver had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost two times.