Mike Weaver vs. Johnny Du Plooy (1st meeting)
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Johnny Du Plooy 208 lbs lost to Mike Weaver 209 lbs by RTD at 3:00 in round 6 of 10
- Date: 1987-11-28
- Location: Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Referee: Stanley Christodoulou
- Judge: Alfred Buqwana
- Judge: Nick Venter
- Judge: Stanley Sono
"Former world heavyweight champ Mike Weaver of the US stopped previously unbeaten Johnny Du Plooy, 23, Saturday night after the South African failed to answer the bell for the 7th round. Du Plooy's handlers said he decided not to come out for the 7th round of the scheduled 10 round fight because of an injured left hand. Weaver, a 35 year old native of Texas, lived up to his billing as Du Plooy's toughest opponent yet, scoring consistently with rights and hooks to the head." -Associated Press
- Weaver was urged by civil rights leader Jesse Jackson not to go to South Africa because of the international sports boycott imposed to protest apartheid.
- Weaver's purse - $250,000 (app.)
Post fight comment
- "Jesse Jackson doesn't pay my bills." -Mike Weaver, responding to Jackson's request.