On May 22, 2004, Jean-Marc Mormeck (29-2, 21 KOs), the cruiserweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Virgil Hill (49-4, 23 KOs).
Jean-Marc Mormeck is coming in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Alexander Gurov, 1 year, 2 months, and 21 days ago. Virgil Hill is on a 3-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Donny Lalonde, 10 months and 17 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Jean-Marc Mormeck at 99-1 winning odds. Virgil Hill really doesn't have much to present against Mormeck.
Jean-Marc Mormeck defeated Virgil Hill via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA cruiserweight title. Mormeck improves his record to 30-2, while Hill adds a loss to his record at 49-5.