Editing Michael Moorer (section)

===Light heavyweight===
Moorer had a fast rise through the professional boxing ranks. He debuted on March 4, 1988, knocking out Adrian Riggs in the first round. Before the year's end, he was undefeated in eleven bouts (winning all by way of early round knockouts) and fighting for the world title for the first time. He acquired the newly created [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] light heavyweight title with a five-round [[knockout]] of Ramzi Hassan.

In 1989, he retained the title six times, beating Freddie Delgado, Frankie Swindell, Mike Sedillo and former [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] champion [[Leslie Stewart]], among others.

In 1990, he retained the title three times before the end of the year, beating Mario Melo and former [[Michael Spinks]] challenger Jim McDonald, among others.