12/10/1982 - Michael Dokes

Michael Marshall Dokes (August 10, 1958 – August 11, 2012) competed from 1976 to 1997, and held the WBA heavyweight title from 1982 to 1983.

Dokes became WBA heavyweight champion in by knocking out Mike Weaver in the first round in a match held weeks after the Ray Mancini–Duk Koo Kim lightweight title fight that ended in Kim’s death. Because of Nevada State Athletic Commission instructions to referee Joey Curtis regarding the stoppage of the fight in light of the incident, some felt it was premature.