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Kalan wrote:That's right ... Weaver did lose the Smith rematch. I got that factoid wrong but I meant to say he went the distance rather than getting flattened in the 1st round.. He was getting older and ring wear and tear was catching up with him.. His best career efforts came in the 2 years following his Holmes loss, with KO wins over John Tate and Gerrie Coetzee and beating undefeated James Tillis.. He beat a number of Heavyweight Champions.

Weaver was a very good puncher but a poor boxer.. For the Holmes rematch it didn't matter what he weighed.. He was nearing 50-years-old and hadn't fought in over a year and was basically retired.. He had 1 fight in the previous 3 years.. He took the Holmes rematch for the money. He had a great many losses, so losing another fight to ATG Holmes was not a horrific event for Mike Weaver at the time. It was a day at the office.

Mike Weaver won an unlikely Heavyweight Championship and he can always hang his hat on that -- as well as his smashing upset KO of undefeated John Tate. It was like his KO of Carl Williams.. If Weaver hit you real good you were outta here.. Chris Berman called him Dream Weaver.