On July 31, 2004, Érik Morales (46-1, 34 KOs), the super-featherweight WBC champion, and the super-featherweight IBF champion Carlos Hernandez (40-3-1, 24 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Érik Morales is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Jesús Chávez, 5 months and 3 days ago. Carlos Hernandez is on a 7-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a technical decision win over Steve Forbes, 9 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Érik Morales at 99-1 winning odds. Carlos Hernandez really doesn't have much to present against Morales.
Érik Morales defeated Carlos Hernández via unanimous decision and unifies the WBC and IBF super-featherweight titles. Morales improves his record to 47-1, while Hernandez adds a loss to his record at 40-4-1.