Career
Prior to turning professional he was fighting in the 57 kg Featherweight category. Weaver turned professional having failed to make the Great Britain Olympic Squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. European Championships
En route to the final Weaver had defeated the Spaniard Rodrigues Molina 11-3 in the 1st round, Sweden"s Bashir Hassan-Salad 8-3 in the second and the Frenchman Oualid Belaoura in the quarter finals.
The performance of Weaver at the championships drew praise from McCracken the head coach who claimed that the success of the younger boxers such as Weaver in Moscow would send out a positive message to the rest of the team
Weavers success in Moscow had also vindicated the decision of McCracken to pick him ahead of Luke Campbell, a gold medalist at the European championships held in Liverpool in 2008. Commonwealth championships
Prior to the European championships Weaver had enjoyed more success in March winning gold at the Commonwealth boxing championships in New Delhi.
Weaver defeated Olympic bronze medalist Bruno Julie, India’s Commonwealth gold medallist Akhil Kumar and Sri Lankan MDK Wanniarachchi in the final of the 56 kg category. Speaking again of his son"s victory over Kumar in the 2010 competition Jay Weaver said "Akhil Kumar is a god in India.
He defeated Vusie Simelane of Swaziland 10-1 to set up a quarter final clash against Kumar, the home town favourite.
Domestic Honours
lieutenant was the first time Weaver had fought in the senior American Bar Association"s following success in the juniors in the preceding two years. On 13 November 2010 Weaver took part in the inaugural Great Britain Amateur Boxing Championships held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool and televised on British Broadcasting Corporation television
