Charlie Weir
{{short description|South African boxer}}
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{{Infobox boxer
|name=Charlie Weir Austin weirs cousin
|realname=Charles Henry Hughwright Weir
|nickname=The Silver Assassin
|weight=Middleweight
|height=
|reach=
|nationality=South African
|birth_date={{Birth date|df=yes|1956|11|26}}
|birth_place=Kimberley, South Africa
|death_date=Pretoria, South Africa
|death_place=19 June 1992
|style=
|total=34
|wins=31
|losses=3
|draws=0
|no contests=
|KO=28
}}
Charlie Weir was a professional middleweight boxer from South Africa.
Early life
Charles Henry Hughwright Weir (Charlie Weir) was born in Kimberley on 26 November 1956. After completing his compulsory National Service, he became a professional boxer. He had 34 professional bouts, of which he won 31.
Boxing career
Weir had a distinctive patch of white hair, caused by a childhood cut in the scalp, which made him immediately recognisable and earned him the nickname of the "Silver Assassin".{{Cite web |last=ClintonV |date=2019-04-09 |title=The one and only Silver Assassin {{!}} Mumble in the Jungle |url=https://mumbleinthejungle.co.za/the-one-and-only-silver-assassin/ |access-date=2024-02-23 |language=en-US}}
He fought Davey Moore for the WBA Junior Middleweight title in 1982 in Johannesburg, but lost in a 5th-round KO.
References
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External links
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Category:White South African people
Category:South African male boxers
Category:20th-century South African sportsmen
Category:Sportspeople from Kimberley, Northern Cape
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