Morris East (born August 8, 1973, in Olongapo, Philippines) is a retired Filipino professional boxer and boxing trainer.
[4] East turned professional in 1989, at the young age of 15, 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.
After winning and defending the Philippines Games & Amusement Board Light Middleweight Championship in 1995, East retired from boxing at only 21 years of age.
Born of a Filipina and black American U.S. Navy sailor,[5] East didn't meet his father until he became champion.