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Michael Dokes defends his WBA Heavyweight Title in a rematch with former champion Mike Weaver.
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00:00:00The championship from Las Vegas
00:00:02Nevada right after this ring and
00:00:07he's gone right over to Weaver's
00:00:09corner to stare him down Angelo
00:00:11Dundee the intimidation begins
00:00:13right now.
00:00:14Well both guys are warmed up very
00:00:15well.
00:00:16I mean the maneuver by dox's
00:00:17corner is pretty smart.
00:00:19The sun goes square in the face of
00:00:22Mike Weaver which is a good
00:00:23maneuver because you want to get
00:00:25every edge you can.
00:00:26So I think they're both warmed
00:00:28up.
00:00:28I think they're both going to do
00:00:29their thing and I'm looking for a
00:00:31very exciting first round.
00:00:34So we now go to the ring announcer
00:00:36tonight the veteran ring announcer
00:00:38Mr. Jimmy Lennon.
00:00:44Ladies and gentlemen boxing fans
00:00:47here we go the demand rematch for
00:00:50the WBA world's heavyweight
00:00:53championship 15 rounds of boxing and
00:00:57bringing to your attention that the
00:01:00three knockdown rule is in effect.
00:01:05Three knockdown rule is in effect.
00:01:08The officials at ringside judging at
00:01:11ringside from Orangeburg New York
00:01:14Harold Lederman from New Jersey and
00:01:17Jane Broadfoot time keepers at the bell
00:01:20positions Homansky Dr.
00:01:22Daniel Romeo and Dr. Larry Robbins in
00:01:27attention at ringside.
00:01:29Here we go again for the WBA heavyweight
00:01:32championship of the world 15 rounds
00:01:35presenting the challenger the former WBA
00:01:38boxing champion hailing from Diamond Bar, California
00:01:42wearing red trunks with a wide trim at 218 and a
00:01:50half pounds 16 knockouts in 24 great wins.
00:01:55Again the former champion Michael Weaver.
00:02:01Ladies and gentlemen his opponent the
00:02:13defending champion in this rematch from
00:02:16Akron Ohio he weighs in at 223 pounds white
00:02:22trunks with a red trim is undefeated having
00:02:27won 26 spots the undefeated defending
00:02:33champion of the world Michael Dynamite Dokes.
00:02:41Referee Richard Steele now giving
00:02:43instructions.
00:02:51Let me see y'all.
00:02:53Where's his mouth here?
00:02:54Okay listen I gave both of your instructions in
00:02:57your dressing room but I want to caution you now obey my
00:03:00commands at all times when I say great I want
00:03:02you to stop punching take a step back shake
00:03:05hands good luck to both of you.
00:03:10Both of them nose to nose at the center of the
00:03:12ring and here is the story on these two the 30
00:03:15year old Weaver trying to regain his title two
00:03:17inches shorter than Michael Dokes and about five
00:03:20pounds lighter than Dokes who looks a little
00:03:22bit soft to me not much difference in reach
00:03:25between the two the referee is Richard Steele.
00:03:28Remember it was the referee Joey Curtis who
00:03:30stopped the first meeting between the two back in
00:03:32December in just 63 seconds.
00:03:36Michael Dokes is not looking for a long fight.
00:03:38He just took a swig of water and he's sweating
00:03:41profusely already.
00:03:42You can see his belly.
00:03:44His muscle tone is not that good around the
00:03:46stomach.
00:03:46He hasn't been hitting that table.
00:03:50Well he may have to end this early because there
00:03:52will be a question of stamina on the part of
00:03:54Michael Dokes as this bout continues here tonight.
00:03:58The referee Richard Steele brings them together and
00:04:02Weaver is the man who comes charging after Dokes to start
00:04:05this one off.
00:04:05Dokes forced a powder punch early in the round but
00:04:09doing so beautifully.
00:04:09A good left thrown by Mike Weaver.
00:04:13Now an assault by Dokes.
00:04:15Pounding Weaver as they're going to try to settle this
00:04:17thing in the first few seconds it would appear.
00:04:19There's a left, two lefts catch Weaver.
00:04:21Weaver hurt by the second one.
00:04:22Takes a right from Dokes.
00:04:23Dokes teeing off on him on the ropes just above us.
00:04:26Weaver started this.
00:04:27He flew out at Michael Dokes but has paid the price ever since.
00:04:29I felt that right away they're both going to look to get it over with and
00:04:33they both don't like each other and they're looking bombs go away.
00:04:37The one that lands with the flusher bomb is going to score a knockout.
00:04:43Weaver is going to score a knockout.
00:04:47Weaver was shaken by a couple of snapping left hooks thrown by
00:04:52Michael Dokes in the first 30 seconds.
00:04:54But remember the puncher is Weaver.
00:04:56Dokes is an arm banger.
00:04:58He doesn't let his whole full body go into the punch.
00:05:05They look tired already as the pace slackens off a little bit now.
00:05:10No ring movement on the part of these two leaning at each other
00:05:13ready to pound away.
00:05:16When you let puncher like that go like that, Don, you got to ease up a little bit and say,
00:05:20wait a minute now, because in boxing there is no extra gas tank.
00:05:24You got to look to go.
00:05:25If you're going to go to 15, you got to be ready to go there.
00:05:27They are midway in the round, which means this rematch has lasted longer than the first fight at the stage.
00:05:34There's no pleasantness going on in the ring.
00:05:36They're hitting each other on a break.
00:05:38They're throwing low blows.
00:05:40The Marquess of Queensborough rules is not being adhered to.
00:05:43Not before or during this fight.
00:05:46No love lost here.
00:05:47Weaver and Dokes very open resentment toward each other for very obvious reasons.
00:05:51The events of last December right here in Las Vegas.
00:05:57Very important first round because they're trying to establish the dominance right now.
00:06:02They both land a low puncher.
00:06:05Dokes getting a good combination through a solid left thrown by Michael Dokes.
00:06:09He's getting the best of it here since they mixed it up early.
00:06:13Faster hands down and definitely Dokes.
00:06:15The puncher is Mike Weaver.
00:06:18Work a job. Come on.
00:06:21Watch your hair. Watch your hair.
00:06:23Very interesting round.
00:06:25Started off furiously.
00:06:26They went to sleep for a while, came back.
00:06:28But the dominant pattern has been the left hand, certainly, of Michael Dokes
00:06:32that has scored time and time again and has hurt Weaver a couple of times.
00:06:36His body shots are not doing that Michael Dokes any good either, Donnie.
00:06:40Hit him a real good body shot, Mike Weaver.
00:06:42He landed right down to that soft part of his belt.
00:06:44That's right.
00:06:45That body is soft, and that will wear him down.
00:06:47That is Weaver's plan to take this as long as he can,
00:06:50and he will gain momentum as he goes along.
00:06:53Just seconds remaining now in the first round.
00:07:00So they got through the first round, something they could not do
00:07:04in the initial meeting between these two.
00:07:07Let's go to mind mixing it up, Angelo, as Weaver flew at Dokes,
00:07:10but he paid the price for that in the early 30 seconds.
00:07:14And then later on after a lull, Dokes went after Weaver again,
00:07:18and I would have to give Michael Dokes that first round certainly.
00:07:22I'm no judge, but I think Dokes took the first round.
00:07:27Weaver and Dokes both on their feet, ready for round two.
00:07:33The second round in Las Vegas underway.
00:07:39Weaver with an obvious advantage in the first round.
00:07:42The heat, weaver's accustomed to, having been in Africa,
00:07:47South Africa, it's a very, very hot climate,
00:07:49and he's trained most of his time in California, Las Vegas.
00:07:53So he's accustomed to this heat.
00:07:55I don't know how the heat's going to treat Michael Dokes.
00:07:57It may not do him very much good.
00:07:59Michael Dokes, remember, has never gone past 10 rounds.
00:08:02Weaver coming on now in the second round.
00:08:04There goes that job that Mike Weaver never used before.
00:08:06It's going to be a very interesting thing,
00:08:07because he's already bloodied Mike Dokes' nose.
00:08:09The other interesting thing, it's a very slow ring,
00:08:12because they painted that Budweiser sign in there,
00:08:15and they used lead paint.
00:08:16So you may notice him during a fight
00:08:17where the feet will be sticking,
00:08:18but it makes no difference to each of these fries,
00:08:20because they don't bounce around.
00:08:22There is evidence of blood, as Angelo Dundee said,
00:08:24from the left nostril of Michael Dokes.
00:08:26Weaver appears to certainly have regained his composure
00:08:28here in the second round.
00:08:29Well, that jab's a big deal.
00:08:31He's got a big deal.
00:08:32He's got a big deal.
00:08:33He's got a big deal.
00:08:34He's got a big deal.
00:08:35He's got a big deal.
00:08:36He's got a big deal.
00:08:37He's got a big deal.
00:08:38Well, that jab's a very important weapon for Weaver
00:08:40to set up his hooks in his right hands.
00:08:42He didn't use it naturally in the first right
00:08:44and have a chance to.
00:08:46Yokes, the outstanding amateur,
00:08:52turning professional,
00:08:54winning this title here a few months ago,
00:08:56trying to hang on to it here.
00:08:58Step back.
00:09:00Step back.
00:09:04Neither fighter has any respect for themselves.
00:09:06You can notice that.
00:09:07They're both out there to do one thing,
00:09:08take each one out of there.
00:09:10We're midway in the second round.
00:09:12It is scheduled for 15.
00:09:13The WBA heavyweight championship at stake.
00:09:16This unique card in Las Vegas.
00:09:18Both titles on the line today.
00:09:20Watch your hands.
00:09:22Watch your hands.
00:09:23Watch your hands.
00:09:24Michael's making this old, old type mistake,
00:09:26an amateur mistake,
00:09:28grabbing at his trunks
00:09:29and trying to pull him up.
00:09:30But maybe a couple of those shots
00:09:32are really hurting him downstairs.
00:09:33Yokes making Weaver pay
00:09:35as Weaver plugs in on him.
00:09:37Now accommodation by Weaver.
00:09:39Toe to toe, away they go again.
00:09:41You get the feeling this can't last terribly long.
00:09:48Well, you don't know what these kind of fights are.
00:09:51The pace they're going can very well go all night long.
00:09:56The heat's going to be a factor.
00:09:57I think that Weaver will take the heat
00:09:59better than anybody else, Don,
00:10:00because I think Doakes is not ready
00:10:02for a hot-time fight in the old town tonight.
00:10:0530 seconds left for the second round.
00:10:07Certainly more muscle tone evident on Weaver's body
00:10:09than we see on Michael Doakes tonight.
00:10:12He's got muscles coming out of his toenails, Don.
00:10:18Superbly conditioned for this.
00:10:19Takes that wicked left hook from Doakes again.
00:10:21Leans on him.
00:10:22Works to the body.
00:10:23Throws a good right.
00:10:24Weaver dies.
00:10:25Then body shots from Doakes.
00:10:27The overhand right thrown by Michael Doakes.
00:10:36All right, let's go to the corner now
00:10:38of the reigning champion Michael Doakes
00:10:40and see what they're telling him.
00:10:43Here was action in the last minute of the round.
00:10:45Good combinations.
00:10:46The best thrown on the entire round.
00:10:47Now you notice, Don,
00:10:55when Doakes gets set to throw a shot,
00:10:57he doesn't put his full body movement.
00:10:59That's what I mean by being an arm puncher.
00:11:01And if looks could hurt when Mike Weaver looked at
00:11:05folks walking back to the corner,
00:11:06he would have scored a knockdown.
00:11:07Oh, they're scowling at each other
00:11:09into the third round.
00:11:16Joke certainly showing more respect for Weaver
00:11:18than he did in round one.
00:11:20Weaver coming on more and more
00:11:22and you get the feeling he's building confidence as he goes.
00:11:24What's Doakes trying to do?
00:11:27He's trying to lure him into counter punchers.
00:11:29And Weaver's trying to offset him with the left jab,
00:11:32which is a good maneuver.
00:11:33You go to left hand and set up everything.
00:11:39This has the makings of an excellent matchup.
00:11:41As they will finally decide which really is the better of the team,
00:11:44man.
00:11:45Obviously 63 seconds didn't do it.
00:11:47We're going to find out here tonight.
00:11:49Hope you're enjoying it wherever you're looking in this evening
00:11:51from Las Vegas.
00:11:52Those Trunks and Doakes have gotten a little too tight on him.
00:11:55He keeps trying to stretch him.
00:11:56It would be a mistake to be grabbing on him
00:11:58because the kids get nailed.
00:12:00Snap three rights.
00:12:01Missed the last one.
00:12:02Aimed at Weaver's head.
00:12:08Chopping right thrown by Mike Weaver.
00:12:13Head to head they go.
00:12:14I was talking to Jerry.
00:12:17He said, boy, that Mike Weaver couldn't punch.
00:12:25If Mike Doakes keep throwing a low blow,
00:12:27they're thinking of hitting the kneecaps.
00:12:28They've been hitting each other low, both guys.
00:12:30Weaver winced a few seconds ago.
00:12:32We're midway on the round.
00:12:33He caught one from Doakes.
00:12:35Good left thrown by Mike Weaver.
00:12:37He's scoring well now with either hand.
00:12:39Coming from off the ropes.
00:12:41Weaver's very dangerous and close
00:12:44because he throws the shorter punches.
00:12:46So Michael Doakes would do well
00:12:48not to stick around those clinches.
00:12:50But he's going to get nailed.
00:12:55No question the greater hand speed belongs to Weaver.
00:12:58But, Don, you notice when Doakes throws punches,
00:13:01he puts both feet together,
00:13:03and they'll find any power in his punches.
00:13:05They're straight across
00:13:06instead of keeping his left foot in the pocket.
00:13:08You'll notice when he gets in the punches,
00:13:10both feet are together.
00:13:15A lot of solid blows,
00:13:17no devastating blows so far between these two.
00:13:23And that's the average,
00:13:24how long these fighters have gone on their careers.
00:13:27So certainly as it goes on,
00:13:28Weaver has the experience and endurance.
00:13:30Well, we're going to find out this fight
00:13:31who's the better-conditioned guy
00:13:33because it's going to be survival of the fittest.
00:13:35That's the 30 seconds remaining
00:13:38here in this third round.
00:13:39The fight just about even at this point.
00:13:41Keep in front, Mike.
00:13:42Keep in front, Mike.
00:13:43Keep in front.
00:13:44Keep in front.
00:13:45Keep in front.
00:13:46Keep in front.
00:13:47Keep in front.
00:13:48Keep in front.
00:13:49Keep in front.
00:13:50Watch your head.
00:13:51Watch your head.
00:13:52See the feet come up?
00:13:53Yep.
00:13:54Two feet.
00:13:55Five seconds to go in the third round.
00:13:56Get out.
00:14:06Man who so desperately wants to reclaim his championship,
00:14:08he thought he lost unfairly in the center.
00:14:10Come back with the net.
00:14:11Three of them at a time.
00:14:12All right.
00:14:13Come on.
00:14:14Come on.
00:14:15You've got a good left hand.
00:14:16Use it.
00:14:17Up and down.
00:14:18Okay.
00:14:19Get it out there.
00:14:20Here.
00:14:21Okay.
00:14:22Throw some punches.
00:14:23Come up the middle with that shot.
00:14:26There's a good solid right thrown by Mike Weaver in that third round,
00:14:29and Don Manuel told him in the corner he does have a good left.
00:14:32He's used it from time to time effectively.
00:14:34Well, they're exhorting him to throw a left hand to set up the punches.
00:14:38Uh, Mike, uh, Michael Dolce is going back to the corner blowing.
00:14:42Now, they shouldn't be blowing.
00:14:44Third round.
00:14:45Now, I hope to God that, you know, he realized what a title means to a fighter.
00:14:51There is always the danger that would happen too easily for him in December, and that would affect his training coming into this rematch.
00:15:03No, there's no shortcuts in boxing.
00:15:05You've got to do it the right way or not do it at all.
00:15:10You've got to do it the right way or not.
00:15:14Watch your shoulder breaks.
00:15:15Come on.
00:15:16Step back.
00:15:17Watch your hands, work and get out.
00:15:18Watch and get out.
00:15:19Don Chevrolet, along with Angelo Dundee, the veteran fight trainer at ringside here in the fourth round.
00:15:25Scheduled for 15, the WBA Heavyweight Championship at stake.
00:15:28Michael Doakes, Mike Weaver.
00:15:32now they got no trouble knowing who's angelo and who's don you got the great voice i'm just
00:15:36here having some fun ah but you got the experience the expertise i'll tell you they're looking at
00:15:43each other with a sucker shot and they were trying to work into it weaver is more perceptive with
00:15:48the left jab i think dokes are trying to take a breather i think it's a mistake you can't take
00:15:56time off in here
00:16:02there appears to be less and less sting from dokes punches as we go along more and more for mike weaver
00:16:10halfway on the fourth round remember the line was the longer it goes the more it favors mike weaver
00:16:15angelo dundee called weaver to win it before this fight began well it's not over i mean you know
00:16:22i've been wrong so many times it's frightened me but i felt all the old things taken into consideration
00:16:27and michael dokes uh thinking he can get the guy out of there anytime he wants there was a mistake
00:16:32because two things don't happen at the same time lightning no strike twice in boxing
00:16:36a minute left and this is the fourth round
00:16:49angelo dundee you have said so often it's not what happens to a man after he wins a good right two
00:16:53right two rights by weaver left hook by dokes block now dokes counter punching very well we'll get back
00:17:00to that point of yours in a moment as the action picks up here
00:17:05chopping right hand thrown by weaver missing with the apricot
00:17:09dokes missing with the right then the left less than 30 seconds to go on the round but it's not what
00:17:13happens to a man when he wins it's how he reacts after he loses that's right he's coming through very
00:17:17well you got to be able to handle it you got to be able to realize what it means to you all right
00:17:22there's a caution now from the referee richard steel to dokes about one of many low blows we have seen
00:17:27the nine less than 10 seconds remaining in this the fourth round
00:17:37and that'll take care of round four
00:17:40all right press take it away thank you don and i know lou you're incredible low blows came into play
00:17:47first weaver throwing one and then a retaliation dokes coming back with a low blow of his own
00:17:52so we come to round five approaching the one-third mark of the scheduled 15 rounds
00:18:08fifth round underway
00:18:16angelo dundee stated earlier dokes backpedaling now hoping to trap weaver
00:18:21start some counter punching he's done that effectively that was a good right thrown by mike
00:18:25weaver and left hook really hurt the right wasn't that dangerous the left hook to the body really was
00:18:30dangerous and what they've been doing they're putting a lot of ice water down uh michael dokes trunks
00:18:36because he's really glowing right now and he's walking back to his corner like it's the last mile
00:18:42there's no reason for him because he's a young kid and i'm surprised the way he's reacting just 24 years of
00:18:49age the heat certainly taking more of a toll on him he's in here at 223 heavier than he wanted to be
00:18:55weaver at 218 and a half as we have stated looks superbly conditioned for this rematch
00:19:01i tell you if all don't go well tonight for uh michael dokes i guarantee you won't have dom perry on
00:19:07and whiskey for the pressman when they come into his press headquarters because he did they tell me
00:19:11he lives a real good style but you can't do that as a fighter you got to live the canstein type of
00:19:17style he's a gourmet cook dokes is maybe paying the price for such a hobby right now although we have
00:19:23a long way to go yet but again that could be the problem for dokes the longer this fight continues
00:19:28he's in the role of a backpedaling counter puncher much of the way now in this fifth round
00:19:36and you can just sense the confidence that weaver is building as each round continues past the midway mark
00:19:42of this the fifth michael is fighting dokes uh michael dokes fighting the right kind of fight
00:19:48backing off giving him mangled the way he can't put too much power into his punches making him reach so michael
00:19:53dokes is fighting a good fight right now the kind of fight he has to fight to beat mike weaver
00:19:59the first time some five months ago it was all over in 63 seconds weaver caught flat footed was down
00:20:05once referee joey curtis finally stopped the fight a minute to go in this fifth round weaver thought
00:20:10it was unfair he said he wasn't hurt and could have continued but of course after ring deaths that
00:20:15preceded that bout here only a month before the referee was being very very cautious that's the rematch
00:20:21but you're watching right now
00:20:36trace of blood around the nostrils of michael dokes that has been there for the last three or four
00:20:40rounds less than 25 seconds to go here in the fifth weaver's got to pick up the pace he just caught a
00:20:48two good jabs thrown by dokes with the left hand both got through
00:21:06round five at an end
00:21:07dokes showed a tremendous left jab more effectively i thought in this round than previous rounds the fifth
00:21:22so we're getting ready for round number six scheduled for 15.
00:21:25six round underway in las vegas
00:21:37weaver when he went back to his corner was complaining to his corner that he's getting
00:21:40something i don't see anybody go over the referee and tell him he's getting something because when
00:21:45that happens you got to go over and tell the referee and caution you you picked it up in that fifth round
00:21:50weaver took the thumb in the eye
00:21:55again yokes using that jab backs out of the way of the right body punch thrown by weaver
00:22:12it was mike weaver who against johnny tate needed a knockout of the 15th round to win and got block
00:22:17dropping tate flat at his face to win that one it's very interesting don we're backing up fighting
00:22:24counter fight which and the other guy's fighting with aggression now this is a new street point for
00:22:28the judges who's winning the round because aggression is weaver counter punching is dope now maybe one
00:22:34good shot in this type of a round could be the answer of who won the round it depends on your scoring
00:22:40philosophy i would think yes as to how you approach the fight how you go about scoring it
00:22:45i wouldn't want to be a judge down because it's a very intricate tough job but they got some great
00:22:51ones these three judges they have tonight are real good ones harrah letterman from new york larry hazard
00:22:57from new jersey and jerry roth from nevada are the three ringside judges the three knockdown rule is in effect
00:23:03midway in the sixth round we have had no knockdowns to this point
00:23:17michael weaver's waiting a little too long he's not going to hit nobody trying to set up for one punch
00:23:23he's got to go off his jab let the shots go and what dokes is doing is keeping them off balance that's the whole
00:23:28battle plan is working good left throw by weaver there a minute to go on the sixth round now
00:23:38and there is the knockout ratio dokes 55.5 percent of course he has won a lot of his fights that way
00:23:44and there is question he has to go ten or longer as to how much stamina dokes will have
00:23:48to go down remember ten rounds has been his limit so far
00:24:02michael dokes still looks to grab his trunks he's going to get nailed on the left hook one time
00:24:06because he grabs his trunks with his right hand you're right that is an amateur trick
00:24:10which could backfire on him 15 seconds to go on the round
00:24:19weaver just keeps on coming and dokes ever so slowly backpedaling
00:24:23in a circular fashion around this las vegas ring
00:24:31chopping right by weaver at the bell to end round number six
00:24:36on the strip but when it comes to the boxing circle red you are a very serious
00:24:40man your thoughts so far on this dokes weaver fight well i i think so far uh it's about even
00:24:47you know really i know both of the guys i'm afraid to make any kind of decision i just like both of
00:24:51them you know all right they're back in the ring i'm betting on the black guy betting on the black one
00:24:55okay you heard it first from red fox don well that's about as much as the clues we have as to who's
00:25:00going to win this fight right now this title is up for grabs round number seven
00:25:04one i'm not afraid to take a pick the guy with the red gloves
00:25:24dokes continues to back around and look out that left which has been a very effective
00:25:30punch for him to jab as he goes he got two in right there on weaver right
00:25:36michael does he's grabbing the ropes every chance he's got he's looking at the rest of
00:25:41it's dangerous to try the rest of it let's go you're liable to catch a punch what he's doing
00:25:44is you keep moving maybe the stamina's not there to keep moving because it takes a lot of effort
00:25:49to keep moving he's not exactly spreading around this ring but the movement has got to wear him down sure
00:25:55it's easier going forward than going back
00:26:11it is so hot here that it's taking a toll on everybody certainly these two men in the ring but
00:26:16more so on michael doggson would appear 90 degrees of fight time here in las vegas tonight
00:26:22the referee almost got himself knocked down that last clinch because weaver let go with a shot
00:26:28he almost wasn't away of it referee richard steele has his hands filled with these two midway in the
00:26:34seventh round michael doggs is very tired he just fell in that time and grabbed weaver you know when
00:26:44you grab like that you're liable to catch a punch but both hands are extended you're not in the punching
00:26:48position there's a mouse under the left eye of michael weaver that's the only mark he has to show
00:26:59doggs has had trickles of blood from his nose throughout this fight less than a minute to go
00:27:03in the seventh round now
00:27:08doggs continues to jab as he backs up doggs his hands are going further down all the time and we
00:27:13weaver's trying to take advantage of it by mcnell and the left hook in close
00:27:19weaver playing the waiting game doggs may be running out of time in terms of stamina
00:27:29and right partially blocked by weaver 30 seconds now to go in the round number seven
00:27:43weaver content to stand on the ropes the closing seconds of the seventh round now good combination
00:27:54from doggs as they come off the ropes effective punches by michael doggs at the bell to end round seven
00:28:05the wba heavyweight championship at stake here doggs and weaver doggs the champion weaver trying to win
00:28:10win his title back the crown he held for almost two years defending it only twice at that time
00:28:16good combination scoring with him
00:28:20this is a very close fight round number eight is underway
00:28:26bear in mind again that michael doggs has not gone beyond ten rounds and will be put to a test of
00:28:32stamina as this light continues they're using plenty of water in michael doggs's corner don
00:28:38and it's completely wet there now if anybody goes into that corner labless slip because it doesn't
00:28:46it doesn't actually go into the canvas because you have in slight padding underneath
00:28:54I have that weaver slightly ahead of this stage into the early seconds of round number eight how
00:28:58about you I got it very close it's all according with the eyes of the beholder and everybody looks at
00:29:03the face of the fight differently aggression the best punches the stronger punches you don't know
00:29:09stronger punches mike weaver aggression mike weaver counter punching very well michael doggs let me ask
00:29:14you this you picked weaver to win is he on the right path toward that victory as far as you're concerned
00:29:19well weaver just got a cut eye you never know in the fight i mean you know everybody's got you know
00:29:23entitled to their opinion my opinion is that weaver would win it he wants it more and michael hasn't been
00:29:29you know hitting the ball like you should as a fighter now there's blood from beside the right eye
00:29:35of mike weaver a mouse on the left we saw earlier now a trace of blood beside the other eye blood from
00:29:41the nostrils of michael dogg still evident that nosebleed is bothering the heck out of michael because
00:29:47he's breathing from his mouth you can see how he's sucking for air as he's going back which is dangerous
00:29:52because if you've got your mouth wide open you'll have to catch a shot voila crack jaw we are past the
00:29:59midway mark of the eighth round it is scheduled for 15 remember wba championship at stake and anybody's
00:30:06fight to this point
00:30:09later on we've got greg page ronaldo snipes and then the wbc champion larry holmes will defend against
00:30:17young tim witherspoon now more evidence of blood emanating from beside the right eye of mike weaver
00:30:23referee try to wrestle him apart in the final minute of this eighth round
00:30:34richard steele has been a very diligent alert referee no question of that
00:30:40getting hurt down with those body shots he got hit a right hand at a body
00:30:43reacted kind of funny picked up his right leg and and i don't like the way he reacted
00:30:49we were flicking out the left jab and that cut it would appear is well away from the eye of mike
00:30:55weaver there's puffiness and blood on the right side the mouse under the left eye but nothing that
00:31:00serious it would seem michael dolce is getting hurt with those body shots i don't like the way he reacted
00:31:05the way he picked up his leg and the way he's hanging in there that's unnatural for a young kid
00:31:10the breathing is bothering him more and more because the blood from the nose you can see that
00:31:15now as we're down to the final five seconds of this the eighth round scheduled for 15.
00:31:24a left from dokes just after bell as they go back now to attend to mike weaver's face
00:31:28ron manual is handler
00:31:32and here is dokes throwing one of the punches that did some damage to the face of mike weaver as he now
00:31:37is a mouse under one eye and this cut which they have cleaned up for the time being beside the right eye
00:31:46round number nine the cut is not in a dangerous spot it's under the right eye to the outside of the
00:31:52right ear they're not the dangerous type
00:31:54the only thing about blood don dokes sees the blood on michael weaver therefore he figures hey he's got
00:32:06a shot to worsen the cut and you know and then the contest a little early that's encouragement for him
00:32:12as the blood becomes evident again beside the right eye of weaver
00:32:17again we state it is not a serious cut at this point
00:32:22but it does offer encouragement for michael dokes
00:32:29don we can easily say that the pace has not picked up right it has not picked up in fact the only
00:32:35brisk pace happen to the first 30 seconds of round number one it was weaver though who flew at dokes
00:32:42and was hurt a couple of times i thought paid a price for
00:32:47folks is grabbing in the clinches and he's paying for it because weaver's pulling them towards him and
00:32:52nail them punches so his hands should be old don't up in the clinches and not be catching because he's
00:32:58grabbing too much
00:33:03dokes has got to be concerned about the breathing problem caused by blood from his right nostril
00:33:08it's been around all fight and of course the fact he has moved around in a reverse direction so much
00:33:13that's got to be tiring to not to mention the arm weariness he must be feeling out of this heat of a
00:33:18las vegas evening midway in the ninth round
00:33:20i think dokes just sustained the cut i just saw a blood spurt i don't know
00:33:31maybe from the nose more evident now than before from the right nostril
00:33:37michael dokes
00:33:40that score of a little welt a little slit under weaver's eye
00:33:44then a dangerous cut on his part a minute to go on the ride
00:33:50he's got hurt with that right hand down he almost went down with it
00:34:13if you hit him with that right hand it's been uh down
00:34:15down 30 seconds to go brisk action here in round number nine
00:34:26looking low dokes rips the right now the left the left took by mike weaver 15 seconds to go on the
00:34:32line
00:34:32and still has to jump in and steer jokes back to his corner
00:34:55on angelo there's the right almost came apart if the ropes weren't there he would have went down
00:34:59down bounced off them and somehow as tired as he is as weaver missed on the second attempt to connect
00:35:04he stayed on his feet finished the round so now we come to the point that uh goaks has been a few
00:35:10times in his career but not beyond the tenth round round 10 underway
00:35:18the second goal presented a real good job on the cut these are very good cut man
00:35:23you can hardly see where the cut was again neither cut serious weaver's right eye and dokes left weaver
00:35:30wades into the body shot
00:35:36puts the right up to the face of michael dokes in the left hand
00:35:39weaver's scoring more frequently as dokes fatigue intensified and he's looking to grab dokes are
00:35:51looking to grab when he comes in you can't do that with a puncher like michael weaver because he's got
00:35:56his hands free you can nail you a good punch in close but he is the shorter puncher dokes hands
00:36:01getting lower and lower again
00:36:15weaver had to survive the early rounds and has done that successfully
00:36:20now taking the fight to dokes as we progress into this the 10th round scheduled for 15 the wba
00:36:25championship in the heavyweight division at stake here in las vegas
00:36:29now you know this is this is where you separate the men from the boys from the 10th of the 15th round
00:36:35this is going to be a tough tough fight all the way and uh i think michael dokes is definitely
00:36:40getting hurt with the punches more because he is fatigued
00:36:45halfway in the 10th round we thought it would either be a very short fight or a very long one and we're
00:36:50certainly on the long side now
00:36:57but as you saw dokes stung by weaver's right back in that ninth round you've seen weaver heard earlier
00:37:02in this fight either man with the capability of ending it before 15. dokes a very tired young man
00:37:10he's just looking to grab and hold and rest uh doing it that way running with his head he's going to get
00:37:15nailed with a right uppercut sure god made out under a minute remaining in the 10th round
00:37:30right the referee richard steele saying don't hold him dokes that's happening more and more
00:37:34frequently as a tired michael dokes hangs on dokes must be telling the referee it's okay for you but
00:37:39not for me good right by dokes there at the end of that clinch
00:37:45so dokes is dropping his hands lower and lower but he flex them up from his waist
00:37:50the left is specially affected weaver pushed him out comes right after 20 seconds to go on the round
00:37:55yeah because dokes is falling in and grabbing him down and that's what he's trying to do
00:38:00so we've been getting a little rough in there himself
00:38:08just five seconds to go on the 10th round so for dokes he's heading into overtime in the 11th round
00:38:15takes a good shot at the bell to end round number 10.
00:38:20and leandra riley is with an old friend of yours angelo dundee muhammad ali he's doing much better
00:38:25uh i think michael dokes got him by luck the first time and they're showing because uh weavers do
00:38:34much better i think he's ahead now if you could give some advice to michael dokes at this time what
00:38:40would you tell him well i would tell him to keep his distance and just jab and move stay out of range
00:38:46because when we was in close he's hitting him too much so i was just keeping distance and boxing from long range
00:38:54thank you very much muhammad ali for your thoughts don
00:38:58well good advice except for one thing as goke's got enough energy left to do the
00:39:02things that ali wanted him to especially stick and move well when you're that young don you never
00:39:07know what you can do your own capabilities because you can suck it up and really let it all hang out
00:39:12because youth covers a lot of ill ill things you do in boxing weaver has 12 13 15 round experience in
00:39:20the heavyweight division but dokes has not gone this far in his career before the 11th round
00:39:25neither man terribly active the last couple of years either but the conditioning and weaver
00:39:33beginning to play off here as this fight progresses now into an 11th round
00:39:45remember we've got cage and snipes and holmes and witherspoon more great heavyweight action to come
00:39:51tonight and i think you're going to have a lot of surprises don because this is one of the
00:39:55surprises not surprising you well no i'm looking at it you know the professional standpoint i knew mike
00:40:06weaver was hitting the ball i know michael dokes wasn't doing what he's supposed to be doing so you
00:40:11cannot train and keep late hours you cannot train and trying to do everything but train you got to
00:40:18do one thing weaver rips the left hand to stop the dancing of dokes dokes leans in on him now
00:40:28dokes is dancing without direction and you're dancing aimlessly aimless no reason i mean you gotta
00:40:34dance and then let a shot go and get out of there that was a good move
00:40:38got up at his toes and ripped the left hand to weaver
00:40:43yeah the weaver jab the left hand being flicked out
00:40:48missing with a lunging right hand
00:40:52see michael's got to stop weaver from coming in like he's doing now i don't know if the guys in the
00:40:58corner are going to give him the stool in the next round because he's not doing nothing to keep mike weaver off
00:41:02here we go jab jab that's weaver's policy as he is the aggressor pursuing michael dokes around this
00:41:09las vegas ring
00:41:15think about mike weaver's not even breathing he's just breathing nice and easy steady pace
00:41:22a lot of the jabs that dokes is throwing in a counter-punching sense are back at his heels they
00:41:27haven't got all that much sting to him because he's been in reverse gear almost since the second round
00:41:39less than 30 seconds to go and this is the 11th round no fights never won till the final
00:41:44tabulations i'm a firm believer that he's got to win it decisively mike weaver because you just can't
00:41:49sit back and say hey i'm winning the fight he's going to win the fight because it never happens that
00:41:54way that's what a challenger always has to do is weaver misclimb that punch and lunged into the ropes
00:41:59he wants to the front of champion it better be to slice it he wants to judge his attention
00:42:04that'll do it for the 11th round
00:42:08black weaver still looking fresh heading back to his corner dokes look fresher in that round than he
00:42:13appeared to be in eight nine or ten left hand that fortunately for dokes just caught him as he was
00:42:18backing out of the way and that was the best punch in the round that one good punch like that could very
00:42:22well win the round
00:42:27don't sign his feet ahead of weaver 12 round underway
00:42:34done the corner instruction of weaver was excellent don manual told him don't load up
00:42:39let your shots go you're not cutting them off you got to back them up you're making them go
00:42:44around around the circle you got to cut the guy off let your shots go don't load up don't look for one big
00:42:50fun good right by dokes there at the end of that exchange his weaver sends a long blow marginally
00:42:59low to the midsection of michael dokes
00:43:04body shots definitely hurt michael doke that left hip he hit him with like a liver shot and that really
00:43:10took the legs out from underneath him michael doke particularly at this stage the 12th round of a fight
00:43:18we'll repeat the dokes has never gone this long in his professional career
00:43:27just 24 the experience black weaver at 30 knows what he has to do here in the late going i think mike
00:43:33weaver's going to wait when as soon as michael goes back to his head he's going to nail him with a left
00:43:37uppercut because michael's putting his head right out there for him to nail
00:43:43it's a cardinal sin never put your head first your hands first
00:43:46a little less spring in the step of michael dokes again in this 12th round and he's getting a little
00:44:00sluggish get a little sluggish get a little sluggish don
00:44:06come on touch it down
00:44:12let's face it weaver's got to be tiring too but he's in far better condition
00:44:18big don you're the boxing expert it just happened i see where weaver was slowing up
00:44:23and he got a couple of good shots there the left and the right from michael dokes
00:44:32i don't care who you are what shape you're in you got to be tired after a bruising battle like this
00:44:36in the 12th round
00:44:39especially under these conditions the heat's got to take its toll on the fighter
00:44:43they're sweating profusely they come in sweating and therefore they can't all the water going out
00:44:48about you and i both know there's plenty of liquid in your system but it takes a lot of strength
00:44:52away from you also the guy lost half a gallon out here in the sun this afternoon
00:45:00not humid but very very hot less than 30 seconds to go in this 12th round
00:45:06low blow it appeared from weaver
00:45:08still saying guys step back listen to me will you he's earning his pay of the referee
00:45:25less than five seconds to go on the 12th round
00:45:27down accommodation at the bell by michael dokes to end round 12 now let's go to chris shankin and luke
00:45:35gossip the number one weaver got perhaps the best punch of that round off liver shot that angelo dundee talked about
00:45:44Mike Douglas getting very arm weary he had his special trainer come into the ring i don't know who the guy is but
00:45:51he's a massage guy because he was rubbing his arms furiously he's really getting on where he can get his arms up
00:45:57a new experience for him into a 13th round now
00:46:01i have weaver ahead of those states uh ever so slightly and i think if he can hold and continue
00:46:14to do what he has done the last five or six rounds he'll be all right i think that
00:46:18dokes has got to do something rather spectacular here to make sure of this win angelo how do you
00:46:21feel about it i feel it's a very close fight myself i think these next three rounds were very
00:46:26well can tell the winner this fight i think we were slightly ahead
00:46:36earlier cuts of no consequence now you notice that the way the foot grabbed that time on that lead in
00:46:43the middle that bud washer side is they got they painted that sign with lead paint and every time
00:46:48the guys try to slide forward their feet will grab and that just happened to mike weaver
00:46:56body shots are really taking their toll on michael dokes he just got nailed a couple of good body
00:47:04shots a left hook and a right hand to the body and he's really sucking for wind the kid and he's
00:47:09really blowing a key point you made earlier the body shots the most telling of all the most wearing
00:47:13of all into the late rounds of a fight such as this passion for holding from the referee richard
00:47:20steel to michael dokes snapping left hand thrown out now a good body shot thrown by michael weaver as
00:47:26dokes retaliates counter punching off the ropes and leaning into him michael really got hurt with those
00:47:32those shots that time and really you see he can't even get his hands up the poor kid and if he gets
00:47:38dropped this round it wouldn't surprise me he's got a little over a minute to get through this 13th round
00:47:44he's got a little over a minute to get through this 13th round now
00:47:47dokes very arm weary now got right a long time in arriving
00:47:54not much snap to his punches but he's got hard he continues to throw it weaver who continues to keep
00:48:00coming after it
00:48:01watch it watch it watch it watch it watch it watch it watch it because poor michael dokes is going in and
00:48:12try to grab that's all with the head first he's coming in low all the time with it
00:48:19less than 30 seconds remaining in the 13th round
00:48:26both men have been hurt but not down notice michael weaver still keeps the same pace slow
00:48:32much faster hand speed throughout this bout in particular now although dokes did get a good
00:48:43right off there and there's the bell to end the 13th two to go to decide the wba heavyweight
00:48:50championship here in las vegas and i'm with you angelo dokes is surprising because he looks like he's
00:48:56really tiring and wearing himself out he'll come off the ropes he did there and sting you with a couple of
00:49:01shots they were furiously massaging the upper body arms and chest of michael dokes at his corner
00:49:08weaver on his feet 13th round underway 14.
00:49:21johnny taco is trying to keep him facing the sun but there's no sun out there actually to bother
00:49:26anybody the best thing taco said was hit him in the belly and he did a good job on the guy's cut
00:49:32where the body shots are taking his toll on michael dokes
00:49:41and you know the old story is the body don't move the head does
00:49:44the left hook to the body landed and that back goes up all the more
00:50:01actually dokes considering the fact that he's a little soft on condition you can see that is doing
00:50:06very well hanging in here dokes has got nothing dokes is fighting on guts courage that he's got plenty
00:50:12of a lot of it and and he has nothing in there actually no sting no bounce no nothing
00:50:20there certainly isn't much staying those punches coming from a retreating position
00:50:24off his heel not having much effect but the scoring blows when he lands the weaver there lashing out the
00:50:30left again missing with the right hand weavers making the mistake of looking for one punch
00:50:35should go underneath like he's doing there really dig down because that's the shot he's hurting with
00:50:40midway on the 14th the body punches absurdly guilty wades and again with the left bonner to the right to the head
00:50:52mike weavers literally running at the guy to get the shots and dokes are smart enough to wrap
00:50:57them up and tie them up because otherwise you want to get those shots downstairs there he grabs him again
00:51:04a little over a minute to go on the 14th
00:51:10yeah michael dokes is really hurting in there every shot he's getting hit right now is hurting him
00:51:20dokes reaching down for a reserve of second wind that has been a long time in coming and he hasn't
00:51:25found it yet boxing is no extra gas tank you can't cover up you got to go in there completely conditioned
00:51:34again leaning in on mike weaver that's about all he can do is the crowd now booing him a little bit
00:51:39for that the man is exhausted less than 30 seconds to go in the 14th round
00:51:44and the judges have to be impressed with the freshness of weaver the crispness the fact that
00:51:53dokes is hanging on a lot of these later rounds
00:51:58folks is actually grabbing and putting his arm down to his side so he won't get hurt with those body
00:52:03shots trying to protect himself there but a couple have gotten through
00:52:07there's the bell the 14th round is over michael dokes look how slowly he makes his way back to
00:52:16that corner so glad to find that stool waiting for him
00:52:39that is pretty sound advice that you need this round if you're going to win but will this round
00:52:43be enough for dokes to win now i think weaver has widened his lead
00:52:53the body shots have been punishing ones and again it was weaver with the most effective blow
00:52:58the left to the body uh michael dokes you saw him lean in again wearily to hang on
00:53:04one
00:53:08goes on his stool getting up slowly as the 15th round is underway
00:53:15good left thrown early by weaver yokes trying to find some energy to
00:53:20throw those four punches to one as corner urged him to do
00:53:24we were going we were going to try to keep him busy busy busy dokes is going to try to flurry
00:53:29and keep out of danger weaver appears to be leading here but remember when he was behind
00:53:36to johnny tate had to have a knockout to win in the 15th round he got one he looks every bit as fresh
00:53:41here these two look like they're back in round one right now weaver's a puncher pure puncher and if
00:53:45you get a shot in there you'll have to see dokes go down
00:53:48and i would think that dokes needs the big knockout punch and he's going to hold on to his title here
00:53:56in the 15th yeah dokes dokes has definitely got to hold on but he's going to fall down
00:54:00because completely exhausted admirable that he's staying up chopping right now the left of the body
00:54:06a telling blow by mike weaver raining punches all over dokes there's the right to the side of the head by
00:54:11weaver wildly missing now if i were reaver down i wouldn't be gambling like that no cover up let
00:54:25your body shots go forget about gambling i think he's he may have it wide he can afford to perhaps go
00:54:31into a conservative shell now rather than risk what he's doing at the present time i tell you the heads
00:54:35have been coming into play weaver has a big himatoma over his right eye he's very lucky this is the
00:54:4115th round halfway through it michael dokes with a big big heart game as could be going now five
00:54:52rounds longer than he ever has before trying to hang on to his title i'm surprised that dokes don't have
00:54:57a big lump on his head because it's strictly a clash of heads and that he metama over the mike weaver's
00:55:04right eye is a very bad thing and he's very lucky it is the 15th round
00:55:12time on his side now not on dokes
00:55:17big swelling over the right eye caused by budding it's like it's like the blood rushing into one
00:55:24spot over the guy surprise we haven't seen it before now the way their heads have been coming together
00:55:30wow chanting weaver also the big lump created when you blow your nose because the air gets under the
00:55:38tissues and this causes the swelling referees slept almost kind of the middle of that exchange 25
00:55:44seconds to go on the fight the wba championship at stake and it looks now as though indeed after the
00:55:50early knockout and the fight being stopped it will go the distance a tremendous punishment taken by dokes
00:55:56there from weaver a good right by dokes in retaliation these two are going to go at it right down to the
00:56:00final seconds of the 15th and final line
00:56:07and it has gone the distance it'll be in the hands now the three judges harrah letterman larry hazard and
00:56:14jerry roth to decide whether michael weaver has regained the championship or michael dokes gets to keep
00:56:20the crown he won
00:56:24and don like i always say i'm glad i'm not a judge
00:56:30well as we talked about scoring philosophies we'll look here now as dokes
00:56:34came with a snapping right of that 15th round but overall took the worst of it from weaver i thought of
00:56:38the 15th by far so do you go with the guy who was the aggressor steadily following his plan weaver
00:56:45or to go the guy who was counter punching backpedaling michael dokes that was the best round of
00:56:50the fight that last round they don't really made it hang out great shots thrown at each other both
00:56:55gambling the first 30 seconds in round one the last 30 seconds around 15 the best action all the way
00:57:00along but you've got to give weaver a lot of credit the man no matter which way it goes can hold his
00:57:07head high as he came back in search of his title he's erased that 63 second effort once and for all
00:57:12and dopes you got to admire his heart the man simply had an empty gas tank from round nine on
00:57:18where he found enough to get through i don't know but was effective at times even though
00:57:22he was exhausted of the final few rounds it wouldn't surprise me to see that the adults may have a
00:57:28rip separation or a broken rib took enough body shots to perhaps have that happen
00:57:37in the first round interesting fight the most interesting part for me was the fact that it was
00:57:43weaver who lunged at dokes at the beginning of the first round not the other way around
00:57:47dokes is a tired tired boxer right now 24 years of age he has earned his his big paycheck tonight
00:57:53as champion the question is will he be fighting his champion the next time or will michael weaver this man
00:58:00be again the wba's heavyweight boxing champion we'll know very shortly as the judges scorecards are
00:58:08being collected here at ringside in las vegas nevada right in behind the dunes hotel
00:58:15much more comfortable conditions now will prevail for greg cage and rinaldo snipes then later on for
00:58:21larry holmes and tim witherspoon as they contest the wbc title don you know what kills me
00:58:27in the center of it all is jimmy lennon the ring announcer here's the decision ladies and gentlemen we
00:58:35have a majority decision in this wba heavyweight championship fight i will read the point totals for you
00:58:45at 145 to 141 jerry roth votes in favor of michael dokes
00:59:02ladies and gentlemen is overruled by larry hazard who scores at 144 to 144 harold laderman 143 to 143
00:59:11a majority decision it is even a draw
00:59:22so that means that michael dokes will retain the championship and of all the fights i ever saw
00:59:28this one i did not figure to end in a draw no i couldn't see that there was no splitting here
00:59:34either one guy won the round or the other guy won the round you have two judges who had it even and
00:59:40you had one judge with a four-point spread for dokes yeah 145 to 141 was the first judge and then 144 144 143
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00:59:54jerry roth the nevada judge was the one who gave the four-point advantage to michael dokes so the draw
01:00:02enables dokes amazingly to retain his championship over mike weaver we'll be back with more from las
01:00:08vegas nevada right after this
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01:00:36look at that picture a jam-packed house here now ready for the
01:01:04a jam-packed house here now ready for the larry holmes tim witherspoon wbc world heavyweight
01:01:09championship fight familiar voice in boxing ring announcing for many years
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