Mike Weaver vs Max Baer

If you edge everything marginally, then the case becomes unequivocal, because there is nothing left to build the counter case on.

A case for Weaver would depend upon the men he beat being better, in a way that could not be determined from the raw numbers.

 

Weaver would put on a strong performance and would contest Baer effectively for maybe 8 rounds...pressuring him and scoring to Baer's head and body, but at a certain point, maybe the ninth, Maxie lands a huge right and hurts Weaver, who didn't have the best chin...and he'll find that Baer's power is quite different from say, Coetzee...he'd be hurt, and Baer, who had the better stamina and chin, would pour it on. I see Weaver being finished by the 9th or 10th...decked a couple of times and left drapped (how I had to spell the word to avoid that stupid censor) on the ropes when the ref stops it and awards a tko to Max.

 

I say Weaver. He played possum so well. I was there live when the energetic Du Plooy offloaded on him for 3 rounds straight. Weaver took it on the ropes and then stopped a tired Du Plooy. He did the same with Coetzee.
Weaver had excellent survival skills.
I think he can weather Baer and come on late.
Won't be easy though.

 

Max.

I don't like Weaver against the big guy hitters. This can go like the Smith fights...as in blow out early or not taking any sort of risk and just looking to last the distance.

But nobody ever had a hard time landing punches on Weaver and that's the problem against this guy. He'll be getting hit.

 

Don't see how Baer had any more class than Weaver. He was inconsistent and beatable throughout his career. His only edge on Weaver is chin.

 

MAX KO 4

 

I don't thinj that Weaver would do well against Baer. He's smaller and much less durable. Both were inconsistent, but Baer had better results against best competition.

For anyone who believes that Baer was too unskilled for Weaver, Mike lost to Bonecrusher Smith who was slow as hell and didn't have any defense or offensive variety.