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Weaver had an interesting career. He is truly a fighter that is better than reflected in his record. Many people feel he was grossly mismanaged his first five fights, and like a lot of fighters he fought on past his twilight years. Despite a record of 41 wins, and 18 losses, with 28 knock outs, if we subtract his early misteps, and his later fights after Carl the truth williams we get 36 fights, with 26 wins 10 losses and with 18 Ko's (including TKO's) for a 70 KO percent.
He came up in a strong rush of the Post Ali larry Holmes division, almost beat Holmes, and ran smack dab into the very talented, often technical fighters in the eighties, guys like Thomas and Cooper, and should never have fought in the early ninties.
If you watch Weaver's punching technique he always had incredible extension on his shots. He also hit hard and had a wicked Left Hook. Weaver caught some decent fighters... He beat John Tate at his best, and handed Gerry Coetze his first KO loss. But for a late start, and having the experience of coming up in a two strong heavyweight divisions, Weaver might have been much more highly regarded. He holds his golves outward, I could never figure out why he did so lol, because he was never much of a parrying fighter and this position allows a fighter to parry.
Watch the extension he gets on his shots, he catches his man at the sweet spot, at the end of the shot many times. beautiful form! He may have one of the premier left hooks in boxing, and his right, his jab also caught his man at the end of the shot. His punches were not as straight as Louis, but his ability to set them up properly, was excellent. Also never saw a fighter since Louis so capable of hitting the body in combination with the head so intelligently. He had power in both hands as well.
https://youtu.be/d_ue_Z_4gyY
He came up in a strong rush of the Post Ali larry Holmes division, almost beat Holmes, and ran smack dab into the very talented, often technical fighters in the eighties, guys like Thomas and Cooper, and should never have fought in the early ninties.
If you watch Weaver's punching technique he always had incredible extension on his shots. He also hit hard and had a wicked Left Hook. Weaver caught some decent fighters... He beat John Tate at his best, and handed Gerry Coetze his first KO loss. But for a late start, and having the experience of coming up in a two strong heavyweight divisions, Weaver might have been much more highly regarded. He holds his golves outward, I could never figure out why he did so lol, because he was never much of a parrying fighter and this position allows a fighter to parry.
Watch the extension he gets on his shots, he catches his man at the sweet spot, at the end of the shot many times. beautiful form! He may have one of the premier left hooks in boxing, and his right, his jab also caught his man at the end of the shot. His punches were not as straight as Louis, but his ability to set them up properly, was excellent. Also never saw a fighter since Louis so capable of hitting the body in combination with the head so intelligently. He had power in both hands as well.
https://youtu.be/d_ue_Z_4gyY
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