Sport & Note

Michael DOKES

Male

"Dynamite"
(Michael Marshall Dokes)
Heavyweight, USA, Akron, Ohio
Born: August 10, 1958, Akron, Ohio, USA
Died: August 12, 2012, Akron, Ohio, USA
(died after battling liver cancer for several years)
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,90
Weight: 203-209-213-218-226-240-280 lbs

as an amateur:
1975 Madison, US Panamerican Games Trials winner +81 kg
Wpts Jimmy Clark
W W.O. John Tate
1975 Mexico City, Panamerican Games silver medal +81 kg
Wpts Carlos Rivera, Venezuela
Wpts Trevor Berbick, Jamaica
Lpts Teofilio Stevenson, Cuba
1975 Miami, North American Heavyweight Championships (+81 kg) gold medal
WTko 1 Gilberto Acuna, Costa Rica
1975 Shreveport, National AAU Heavyweight Championships (+81 kg) gold medal
Wpts Jimmy Clark
1976 Miami, US National Golden Gloves Heavyweight (+81 kg) champion
WRsc 1 Warren Evans
Wpts John Tate
Wpts Greg Page
1976 Cincinnati, Olympic Trials Heavyweight (+81 kg) 3rd place
WRsc 2 Melvin Walker
LKo 3 John Tate

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1975
Mexico City, Mexico, Panamerican Games silver medal, +81 kg
+ Oct. 19	Carlos Rivera	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS
+ Oct. 23	Trevor Berbick	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 5:0
- Oct. 25	Teofilo Stevenson	Mexico City, Mexico	LPTS 5:0

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1976
+ Oct. 15	Al Byrd	Hollywood, USA	TKO 2
1977
+ Jan. 16	Sergio Rodriguez	Pensacola, USA	TKO 2
+ Jan. 29	Dave Wilson	Miami Beach, USA	W 4
+ Mar. 6	Charlie Jordan	Marion, USA	TKO 3
+ Apr. 10	Ed Turner	Miami Beach, USA	W 6
1978
+ Mar. 3	George Holden	Willemstad, Curacao	KO 3
+ Mar. 25	Abdul Khan	Las Vegas, USA	W 8
+ Apr. 29	Dan Johnson	Inglewood, USA	W 6
+ Sept. 26	Terry Mims	Miami Beach, USA	W 8
+ Oct. 27	Eugene Green	New York, USA	W 8
+ Dec. 8	Ira Martin	New York, USA	TKO 8
1979
+ Mar. 23	Wendell Bailey	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
+ May 12	Greg Sorrentino	Las Vegas, USA	KO 3
+ July 20	Willie McIntyre	West Palm Beach, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 28	Jimmy Young	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
1980
+ Jan. 13	Earl Tripp	Las Vegas, USA	KO 1
+ Feb. 10	Lucien Rodriguez	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
= Apr. 22	Ossie Ocasio	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Draw 10
+ June 27	Ossie Ocasio	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 1
+ Oct. 2	Tom Fischer	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 7
1981
+ Mar. 22	Randall Cobb	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
+ June 12	John Louis Gardner	Detroit, USA	KO 4
+ Aug. 9	Harry Terrell	Cleveland, USA	KO 1
+ Nov. 6	George Chaplin	Pittsburgh, USA	W 10
1982
+ Jan. 30	Lynn Ball	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 1
(Won vacant NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Mar. 20	Tommy Franco Thomas	Atlantic City, USA	KO 5
(Retained NABF Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 10	Mike Weaver	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 1
(Won WBA Heavyweight Title)
1983
= May 20	Mike Weaver	Las Vegas, USA	Draw 15
(Retained WBA Heavyweight Title)
- Sept. 23	Gerrie Coetzee	Richfield, USA	KO by 10
(Lost WBA Heavyweight Title)
1984
+ Aug. 31	Mike Jameson	Las Vegas, USA	W 10
1985
+ Feb. 16	Young Louis	Kingston, USA	TKO 2
+ Mar. 15	Randall Cobb	Las Vegas, USA	TW 4
(Won vacant WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title)
1986 Inactive
1987
+ Dec. 17	Kevin P Porter	New York, USA	TKO 5
1988
+ Jan. 22	Ken Lakusta	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 7
+ Feb. 24	Eddie Richardson	New York, USA	TKO 10
+ Apr. 28	James Pritchard	New York, USA	TKO 7
(Regained vacant WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title)
+ June 27	Andrew Stokes	New York, USA	TKO 1
+ July 28	Manoel De Almeida	New York, USA	TKO 4
+ Oct. 27	Curtis Isaac	New York, USA	TKO 4
+ Dec. 9	Rocky Sekorski	Atlantic City, USA	W 12
(Retained WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title)
1989
- Mar. 11	Evander Holyfield	Las Vegas, USA	TKO by 10
(Lost WBC Continental Americas Heavyweight Title)
+ July 13	Bobby Crabtree	New York, USA	KO 1
+ Aug. 24	Wesley Watson	New York, USA	TKO 3
+ Nov. 13	Lionel Washington	Inglewood, USA	TKO 8
(Won vacant WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title)
1990
+ Feb. 5	Jorge Alfredo Dascola	Inglewood, USA	TKO 11
(Retained WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title)
- Apr. 4	Donovan Ruddock	New York, USA	TKO by 4
(Lost WBA Inter-Continental Heavyweight Title)
1991
+ Nov. 29	John Morton	Las Vegas, USA	W 8
+ Dec. 27	Tyrone Armstrong	Las Vegas, USA	KO 4
1992
+ Jan. 21	Danny Stonewalker	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 6
+ Feb. 14	Danny Wofford	Las Vegas, USA	TKO 9
+ Mar. 21	Percell Davis	Cleveland, USA	TKO 5
+ Apr. 16	Danny Sutton	New York, USA	KO 3
+ July 28	Jesse Ferguson	Atlantic City, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 6	Jose Ribalta	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 27	Barry Forbes	Phoenix, USA	W 10
1993
- Feb. 6	Riddick Bowe	New York, USA	TKO by 1
(For WBA and IBF Heavyweight Titles)
1994 Inactive
1995
+ Nov. 18	Dave Slaughter	Aurora, USA	KO 3
1996
+ July 27	Dave Fiddler	Rochester, USA	KO 2
+ Dec. 10	Doug Davis	Tempe, USA	W 10
1997
- Apr. 5	Louis Monaco	Denver, USA	L 10
- Oct. 11	Paul Phillips	Erlanger, USA	TKO by 2

Summary

Total bouts: 61, Won: 53 (34 inside the limit), Lost: 6 (5 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0