Best I Faced: Mike Weaver

I bet his comments on Ruddock raise some eyebrows. How many remember that Razor began his career as a jab and move type?

 

I do. Actually watch the fight and they specifically say "Donavan is NOT a puncher!"

 

This sounds like one of the most honest ones out of these.

 

I remember the fight too. Your right, he was a total boxer at the time. I also remember him being trained by George Chuvalo who was working his corner. Don't know what happened to that arrangement.

 

I thought so too, except for the part about best chin. The laurels should go to a fighter you hit with the kitchen sink and can't knock out.

 

It is Hercules looking out for Weaver, he still needs to sell himself!

We know it looks good on the resume when you can point you stopped someone for the first time.

 

Yup. He had a nice jab at the start. Once he fell in love with The Smash, that all went out the window. A wasted talent in that respect.

 

Other than Gerry Coatzee having the best chin this is a pretty honest and consistent review.

 

Can't expect it to be 100%.

 

From his point of view I think that’s accurate. Weaver used to pole axe guys when he tagged them but Coetzee just wasn’t going anywhere. I recently watched the Weaver Coetzee fight and was very impressed by the sheer physical strength and durability of Coetzee. Weaver really tagged him at the end and it still didn’t put Gerrie out. he was almost up at ten. eventually tiredness more than punches that really got him.

 

Yeah the Weaver fight was the first time I saw Ruddock. He fought a smart fight.

 

Weaver had some impressive ko's but how many actual elite heavies or solid chinned ranked guys did he stop? He isn't exactly the bench mark for determining if someone can take elite punching power. I think it's a little strange to pick a guy you stopped when there were not one, not two, but several opponents who went the distance with you and weren't even dropped let alone KO'd. And it's not like Coatzee had a Chuvalo/McCall level chin either, he would go on to get stopped multiple times.

It sounds more like self promotion. He's a fighter, so a little bit of ego is expected and acceptable (within reason), but even from just his own perspective the answer doesn't make much sense when even journeymen like Scott Ledoux and Bert Cooper (who were stopped several times and far from elusive targets) went the distance with Weaver.

 

I do. That is where he got the name "Razor."

He fell in love with his own power after the Dokes fight, and was never that great thereafter because his chin and stamina were iffy (he claimed asthma). If he would have stuck with boxing might have of been a champ.

 

Dokes having the best footwork and "fast feet" is the only real surprise.