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John Tate (January 29, 1955 – April 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer, and held the WBA heavyweight championship from 1979 to 1980. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics .
Trevor Berbick (1 August 1954 – 28 October 2006) was a Jamaican professional boxer who competed from 1976 to 2000. He won the WBC heavyweight title in 1986 by defeating Pinklon Thomas, then lost it in his first defense in the same year to Mike Tyson. Berbick was the last boxer to fight Muhammad Ali, defeating him in 1981 by unanimous decision.
Mercado's first loss as a pro came in 1978, at the hands of future champion "Big" John Tate. [2] He went on to fight other future champions Mike Weaver and Trevor Berbick, knocking Berbick out in the first round of their meeting on April 3, 1979.
He was then looking to return to top-level contention in 1979 securing a nationally televised bout with future belt-holder and Stevenson's 1976 Olympic KO victim John Tate. Bobick talked openly pre-bout of his new commitment to training and conditioning, citing reduced body fat statistics as proof of his seriousness to return to the top of the ...
Rank Name Country 1: Teófilo Stevenson Cuba 2: Mircea Şimon Romania 3T: Clarence Hill Bermuda 3T: John Tate United States 5T: Peter Hussing West Germany 5T: Rudy Gauwe Belgium 5T ...
Trevor Berbick: def. John Tate: KO 9/10 Middleweight 160 lbs. Fernand Marcotte vs. Eddie Melo D 10/10 Lightweight 135 lbs. Gaétan Hart: def. Cleveland Denny: TKO 10/10
Michael Dokes (August 10, 1958 – August 11, 2012) was a boxer from the state of Ohio.He was born in the city of Akron and spent most of his life there. [16] With 32 amateur bouts fought, of which he won 27 and lost 5, [17] Dokes' record as an unpaid competitor was similar to Weaver's.
John Tate def. Gerrie Coetzee: WBA: October 20, 1979: March 31, 1980 163 – – 1 [33] 35 Mike Weaver: WBA: March 31, 1980: December 10, 1982 984: def. Gerrie Coetzee on October 25, 1980 def. James Tillis on October 3, 1981 – [34] 36 Michael Dokes: WBA: December 10, 1982: September 23, 1983 287: draw vs. Mike Weaver on May 20, 1983 – [35 ...