Waters fought for the world title three times during his career, losing to Gianfranco Rosi, Terry Norris and Simon Brown.
The bout went the distance but was fairly one-sided, with the defending champion retaining his belt in a 12 Round unanimous decision.
Waters second attempt at a world title came six wins later in 1993 in San Diego when he lost to WBC light middleweight champ Terry Norris in three rounds.
After a car accident and almost retiring, his last major fight for promoter Don King, was a loss in the first round in a WBC eliminator match to future champion Félix Trinidad, in August 1997 at Madison Square Garden.
[6] Waters was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare form of blood cancer, in July 2014.