Charlie Weir was a professional middleweight boxer from South Africa.
After completing his compulsory National Service, he became a professional boxer.
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".
[1] He fought Davey Moore for the WBA Junior Middleweight title in 1982 in Johannesburg, but lost in a 5th-round KO.
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