On May 28, 1989, the 36-year-old WBA super-middleweight world champion, Fulgencio Obelmejias (49-4, 39 KOs), faced a 27-year-old South Korean boxer In-Chul Baek (44-2, 40 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Obelmejias came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 5 days. In-Chul was on a 3-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 6 days.
Baek In-Chul stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA super-middleweight champion. In-Chul improves his record to 45-2 (41 KOs), while Obelmejias adds a loss to his record at 49-5.
On November 16, 1986, a 33-year-old Fulgencio Obelmejias (47-3, 38 KOs) and a 25-year-old Trinidadian boxer Leslie Stewart (21-1, 13 KOs) met in the ring in a light-heavyweight bout.
Obelmejias came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 17 days. Stewart was on a 3-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 29 days.
Leslie Stewart stopped Fulgencio Obelmejias via TKO in the 4th round. Stewart improves his record to 22-1 (14 KOs), while Obelmejias adds a loss to his record at 47-4.
On July 21, 1985, a 32-year-old Fulgencio Obelmejias (46-2, 38 KOs) and Clarence Osby met in the ring.
Obelmejias came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 6 days.
Fulgencio Obelmejias lost to Clarence Osby via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 46-3.
On October 30, 1982, a 29-year-old Fulgencio Obelmejias (38-1, 35 KOs) got a shot at the undisputed middleweight championship held by 28-year-old Marvin Hagler (54-2-2, 45 KOs).
Obelmejias came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 89% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 21 days. Hagler was on a 8-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 23 days.
In the rematch, Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Fulgencio Obelmejias via TKO in the 5th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles. Hagler improves his record to 55-2-2 (46 KOs), while Obelmejias adds a loss to his record at 38-2.
On January 17, 1981, a 28-year-old Fulgencio Obelmejias (30-0, 27 KOs) got a shot at the undisputed middleweight championship held by 26-year-old Marvin Hagler (50-2-2, 41 KOs).
Obelmejias came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 20 days. Hagler was on a 4-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 21 days.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Fulgencio Obelmejias via TKO in the 8th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles. Hagler improves his record to 51-2-2 (42 KOs), while Obelmejias adds a loss to his record at 30-1.