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October 22nd, 1999. The legendary “El Terrible” Erik Morales makes the 8th defense of his WBC World Super Bantamweight Championship against Wayne “Pocket Rocket” McCullough in the undercard of the Naseem Hamed vs Cesar Soto main event.
Prefight records; Morales 34(28)-0, McCullough 23(14)-2.
In September 1997, Morales lifted the WBC World Super Bantamweight Title via KO11 over Daniel Zaragoza and made 7 successful defenses between December 1997 and July 1999.
For his 8th defense, he was up against Irishman Wayne McCullough who was the former WBC Bantamweight Champion.
Entering the fight, the undefeated 23 year old Erik had notable wins over the likes of Reynante Jamili, Juan Carlos Ramirez, Angel Chacon, Armando Castro, Junior Jones, Jose Luis Bueno, Remigio Daniel Molina, Hector Acero-Sanchez & Daniel Zaragoza.
On the other hand, the 29 year old Belfast born Wayne had defeated top oppositions such as Fabrice Benichou, Jerome Coffee, Juan Polo Perez, Johnny Bredahl, Victor Rabanales & Yasuei Yakushiji.
It was an action packed and explosive battle from start to finish where both warriors gave their all but the champion had evidently won most rounds as he outworked the challenger in most exchanges through 36 minutes of boxing.
However, McCullough to his credit displayed unbelievable toughness, a granite chin as well as unyielding determination although despite being unable to overcome the skills and smarts of young Morales who retained his title via UD12 with scores of 118-110 & 116-112 (2x).
In the main event, Hamed triumphed over Soto via UD12 to add the WBC Featherweight Title to his collection and retained his status as the WBO Featherweight Champion as well as his unbeaten record.
Enjoy this highlight of one of the most exciting fights in the late 90s, and be sure to SUBSCRIBE for more.
Take care and keep punching!
22 Comments
Spectacular fight
Great fight. All respect for McCullough.
Always loved this fight, prob saw it 10xs.
What about Kelly Pavlik vs Edison Miranda.He took the soul out of Miranda that night!
Please make Segura – Calderon, Segura – Marquez fights highlights
Fights like these are why I'm still a boxing fan dont seeum very often anymore
Imagine if Wayne could punch hard
Morales is gay, he ducked Yuriorkis Gamboa 🍺🥃🍾🍻🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺
Goddamn!! Now that's a classic battle! McCullough could take a punch👊 and deliver too! "El Terrible" indeed! Much love to both fighters
Wayne was a tough son of a bitch.
McCullough has a big heart 👍
Damn I forgot about this one!Thanks for the upload.
McCollough has heart, a Chin and hand speed. Still not enough to beat Morales, he's highly underrated.
Man this fight is WAR.
P4P one of the greatest chins in boxing mcoullgh had nobody had an easy night, morales admitted later in life that he nearly quit in the latter rounds , 2 true warriors of the ring
Morales top 30 ever. Greatness
Awesome technique, one of the best. Great fight. Morales always a true Mexican gladiator, a true world champion!!
Poca publicidad para este pelellon 🔥
And people say hamed beat nobody’s Wayne was a hell of a fighter arguably Ireland’s best
You can tell McCullough Loves mexicano style boxing, he emulates mexicano style by going toe to toe🇲🇽🥊
por eso es una leyenda viviente el Terrible Morales. saludos Tijuana.
LATINOS UNIDOS LATINOS THE STRONGEST: Impressive fight. Eric Morales threw the more effective blows and counter shots. Wayne showed great heart. Eric showed great skills.
Thank you, Jeff Jackson for the Upload.
Much respect, my brother.
Living mexico legend
Erik "El Teribble" Morales