Fresh from pounding leading Kiwi cruiserweight David Aloua in a WBA Pan African and WBO Asia Pacific title bout in Auckland on Saturday, McCracken had to leave New Zealand minus the coveted championship belt.

"I'm spewing," McCracken said yesterday.

"The belts they had were physically dated and I've got to wait for them to get the right ones.

"I wanted to bring them on the plane with me, but they're going to mail them to me."

Despite the remarkable hiccup with the prized rewards of the biggest fight of his career, McCracken is prepared to wait as he savours a sensational and career-changing victory.

Fighting the 13th-ranked cruiserweight in the world, McCracken produced a blistering performance to beat Aloua by TKO in the seventh round.

Billed as the underdog, McCracken pulled off a massive upset in a fight that has put the Wagga boxer at the forefront of the sport in Australia.

Speaking to The Daily Advertiser yesterday, McCracken said Saturday's success was the pinnacle of his time in the ring.

"I've been very determined since I started boxing," he said.

"I've always wanted to be in this position.

"I've been so close so many times before, and I think that helped me."

Virtually written off as a contender in the week before the bout, McCracken said he had to weather a fistic storm before stopping Aloua.

"He caught me with some massive shots in the first three rounds," McCracken said.

"Blokes who have fought him told me that's the best he's ever fought, but I smashed him."

For McCracken, the stunning triumph against Aloua squared the account after losing a controversial split decision with the Kiwi in 2012.

"That's the one I was after," he said.

Looking ahead, McCracken said he would now spend time with family in Wagga in the lead-up to Christmas.

However, he was also keen to "get to back into the gym" to prepare for an anticipated rematch with Aloua in the new year.

"That was part of the arrangement," he said.

With a third fight against Aloua definitely in the wind, the Wagga hitman knows he will not be "underestimated" by his rival.

"Everybody was saying he'd win," McCracken said.

"I think they believed it."

McCracken is adamant changes made by his new Wagga mentor Terry Neason had helped him through Saturday's torrid bout, which has put him on a boxing pedestal.