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Michael Dwayne Weaver (born June 13, 1951) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1972 to 2000, and held the WBA heavyweight title from 1980 to 1982. He is widely regarded as one of the Best Heavyweight Boxers of the 1980s beating Heavyweight Champions such as Gerrie Coetzee and John Tate .
Anthony ran across the ring and struck Weaver with a left hook from behind after the bell ending the first round. Anthony said that he did not hear the bell ring. Weaver was stunned and sagged to the canvas.
Weaver fought sparringly until retiring at age 49 after losing a rematch to Holmes in a battle of veterans in November 2000. “I didn’t do anything,” Weaver (41-18-1, 28 knockouts) said of his life since retiring from boxing.
Mar 12, 2020 · Former WBA heavyweight champ Mike Weaver gave us perhaps the most shocking and memorable KO of the 1980s with his desperate, come from behind knockout of defending champ John Tate in March of...
Nov 18, 2022 · A star football and track and field athlete in high school, Weaver picked up boxing in the military, ultimately compiling a 23-3 amateur record before entering the punch for pay ranks in 1972....
Jun 11, 2021 · Mike Weaver, dubbed “Hercules” because of his incredible physique, fought some memorable fights at the tail-end of the 1970s. This a genuinely glorious era for the heavyweights.
Jun 14, 2021 · Roberto Duran hits 70 this week (article to come), and today, former heavyweight champ Mike Weaver hits the big 7-0. How great was Weaver – the man Ken Norton dubbed “Hercules?”
Behind on points and needing a miracle kayo to take the title, Weaver registered one of the most shocking knockouts in boxing history with 45 seconds remaining in the bout (catching Tate with one of the most classic left hooks in boxing history) to win the WBA heavyweight title.
For on that first day of Spring, 1980, at the Stokely Athletic Centre in Knoxville TN, Mike “Hercules” Weaver, trailing badly on every scorecard, forever etched his name in boxing lore when he knocked out the defending WBA Heavyweight Champion, Marion, Arkansas’ “Big” John Tate.
It’s 40 years since Mike Weaver produced a spectacular last-gasp 15th-round knockout over John Tate to claim the WBA heavyweight title. In October 1979, Tate had traveled to South Africa and outpointed previously unbeaten Gerrie Coetzee over 15 rounds to win the title that had been vacated by Muhammad Ali a few months earlier.
