On July 21, 1979, Eusebio Pedroza (22-3, 15 KOs), the featherweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Rubén Olivares (87-9-2, 77 KOs).
Eusebio Pedroza is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO victory over Hector Carrasquilla, 3 months and 14 days ago. Rubén Olivares is on a 1-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Adrian Zapanta, 21 days ago.
The winning odds are at 60.8-39.2 in favor of Rubén Olivares. Eusebio Pedroza also has a chance at winning but he will have to put up a really good fight to get the win.
Eusebio Pedroza stopped Rubén Olivares via TKO in the 12th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA featherweight title. Pedroza improves his record to 23-3 (16 KOs), while Olivares adds a loss to his record at 87-10-2.