| 词条 | Morris East |
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| name = Morris East | realname = Morris East | nickname = | nationality = {{flagicon|PHI}} Filipino | weight = {{ubl|Light Middleweight|Welterweight|Light Welterweight}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|8|8|mf=y}} | birth_place = Olongapo, Philippines | style = Southpaw | total = 25 | wins = 20 | KO = 12 | losses = 4 | draws = 0 | no contests = 1 }}Morris East (born August 8, 1973 in Olongapo, Philippines) is a retired Filipino professional boxer and boxing trainer.[1] East is the former GAB Light Middleweight, OPBF and WBA World Light Welterweight champion.[2] Morris has trained world champions Zab Judah and Nonito Donaire.[3] Amateur careerAs a teenager, East moved to Cebu City and was spotted by Lito Cortes who brought him to the Cebu Coliseum gym. Promoter Sammy Gello-ani then offered him amateur fights to keep him earning for his meals.[4] Professional careerWBA Light Welterweight ChampionshipEast turned professional in 1989 and won the WBA World Light Welterweight Championship by defeating Akinobu Hiranaka with an 11th round TKO victory in Tokyo on 9 September 1992. With the victory, East became the youngest ever Filipino to hold a world championship in boxing at the age of 19 years and 31 days old.[5] He is also the second youngest boxer to win a world title at 140 lbs., second to Puerto Rico's Wilfred Benitez, who won the WBA world jr. welterweight title when he was 17 years old.[4] The victory over Hiranaka was named Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year for 1992. Morris lost the title in his first defense against Juan Martin Coggi.[6] East would retire after winning and defending the Philippines Games & Amusement Board Light Middleweight Championship in 1995 at only 21 years of age. Professional boxing record{{s-start}}|style="text-align:center;" colspan="9"|24 fights, 20 wins (12 knockouts), 4 loss |-style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;" |style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|{{abbr|No.|Number}} |style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Result |style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record |style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent |style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type |style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Round, time |style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date |style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location |style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes |-align=center |25 |{{yes2}}Win |20–4 |align=left|{{flagicon|Indonesia}} Robert Azumah |UD |12 |1995-05-27 |align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} {{small|Ninoy Aquino Stadium, District of Malate, Manila, Metro Manila}} |align=left|{{small|Philippines Games & Amusement Board (GAB) super welterweight title}} |-align=center |24 |{{yes2}}Win |19–4 |align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} Jun Castillo |TKO |1 (12) |1995-03-25 |align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} {{small|Iloilo City Sports Complex, Iloilo City, Iloilo}} |align=left|{{small|Philippines Games & Amusement Board (GAB) super welterweight title}} |-align=center |23 |{{no2}}Loss |18–4 |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Jintoku Sato |UD |10 |1995-02-13 |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} {{small|Tokyo}} |align=left| |-align=center |22 |{{yes2}}Win |18–3 |align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Jeff Malcolm |PTS |10 |1994-11-26 |align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} {{small|Cebu City, Cebu,}} |align=left| |-align=center |21 |{{yes2}}Win |17–3 |align=left|{{flagicon|KOR}} Yung-Yong Lee |KO |6 (10) |1994-05-14 |align=left|{{flagicon|PHI}} {{small|Araneta Center, Quezon City, Metro Manila}} |align=left| |-align=center |20 |{{no2}}Loss |16–3 |align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Martin Coggi |TKO |8 (12), 2:50 |1993-01-12 |align=left|{{flagicon|ARG}} {{small|Estadio Super Domo, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires}} |align=left|{{small|Lost WBA World super lightweight title}} |-align=center |19 |{{yes2}}Win |16–2 |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Akinobu Hiranaka |{{abbr|TKO|Technical knockout}} |11 (12), {{small|1:47}} |1992-09-09 |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} {{small|Nippon Budokan, Tokyo}} |align=left|{{small|Won WBA World super lightweight title}}{{s-end}} Training careerEast moved to San Diego, California in 1996 and later moved to Las Vegas, where he works as a fight trainer in the Johnny Tocco gym. In 2011, he worked with IBF light welterweight titleholder Zab Judah and WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire.[5][7] East also worked with Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.[1] Personal lifeBorn of a Filipina and black American U.S. Navy sailor, East didn't meet his father until he became champion. He traveled from the Philippines to the United States a month after winning his WBA belt to locate his father, John East, Sr. With the help of a CNN news team, the father was located in Oakland, California and their first meeting was broadcast by CNN. Morris, Jr. improved his father's living condition but his father, suffering from bad health, died of a massive heart attack a few months later.[8] References1. ^1 http://www.fighthype.com/pages/content9094.html 2. ^http://www.boxingscene.com/morris-east-signs-juanito-rubillar-rexon-flores--11657 3. ^http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Donaire-blazing-trail-up-sport-s-ladder-of-success-3004811.php 4. ^1 http://philboxing.com/news/story-26741.html 5. ^1 http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=500727&publicationSubCategoryId=69 6. ^http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=9219 7. ^http://www.philstar.com/thedeanscorner/articlescontent.aspx?articleId=686228&publicationSubCategoryId=69{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 8. ^http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Morris_East External links
|before=Akinobu Hiranaka |title=WBA Light Welterweight Champion |after=Juan Martin Coggi |years=September 9, 1992 – January 12, 1993 }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:East, Morris}} 8 : 1973 births|Living people|World boxing champions|World Boxing Association champions|Southpaw boxers|Welterweight boxers|Filipino male boxers|Sportspeople from Olongapo |
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