the defensive, and in round nine, Weaver landed a tremendous left-hook that hurt Dokes. But Dokes kept fighting. By round 12, Weaver was bleeding from various cuts to his face. In the thirteenth and fourteenth rounds, Weaver hurt Dokes to the champion's body with a series of left-hooks. By the time the fifteenth round began, both seemed significantly tired, but the pair fired punches until the final bell sounded to signal the end of the contest. When the scorecards for this bout were read, judge Roth had the fight 145-141 for Dokes, but judge Hazzard and judge Lederman out-ruled him by scoring the fight a tie each at 144-144 and 143-143, respectively, meaning that, despite judge Roth scoring the bout for Dokes, the fight was scored a draw or tie, which meant that, despite not winning, Dokes had retained the championship. It was the first time in 69 years, dating back to the contest between Jack Johnson and Battling Jim Johnson on December 19, 1913, that a world Heavyweight championship contest resulted in a draw. Aftermath As it turns out, neither Dokes nor Weaver won another world title fight in their careers. Michael Dokes Dokes went on to lose the WBA world Heavyweight title in his very next contest to Gerrie Coetzee and only fought for a world Heavyweight title again once in his career, losing to Riddick Bowe by a first-round knockout on February 6, 1993, at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Having also previously lost to Evander Holyfield and to "Razor Ruddock", (in an undercard headlined by a world title fight between Edwin Rosario and Juan Nazario that also included a Weaver bout against James Smith) " he retired with a record of 53 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws (ties) in 61 fights, with 34 wins and 5 losses by knockout. The Holyfield vs. Dokes contest is considered a classic war by experts and publications such as Ring Magazine. Dokes faced a myriad of problems after he lost the Heavyweight title; in 1986, he was arrested in Las Vegas, accused of cocaine trafficking. He was given two years of probation. In the late 80s, Dokes began dating a woman who later accused him of domestic violence and of sexual assault. During that case's trial, she alleged that when Dokes was sober, he was a good person but that when on drugs and alcohol, he turned