On June 25, 1989, Michael Moorer (15-0, 15 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against Trinidadian challenger, Leslie Stewart (27-4, 18 KOs).
Michael Moorer is coming in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round TKO victory over Freddie Delgado, 2 months and 3 days ago. Leslie Stewart is on a 1-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Phil Brown, 2 months and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Michael Moorer at 99-1 winning odds. Leslie Stewart really doesn't have much to present against Moorer.
Michael Moorer stopped Leslie Stewart via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Moorer improves his record to 16-0 (16 KOs), while Stewart adds a loss to his record at 27-5.