On March 21, 1998, Michael Nunn (52-3, 34 KOs) and Graciano Rocchigiani (39-4-1, 19 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBC light-heavyweight world titles. The vacant WBC light-heavyweight title is also on the line.
Michael Nunn is coming in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Lonnie Horn, 8 months and 16 days ago. Graciano Rocchigiani is on a 1-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over John Scully, 11 months and 27 days ago.
The winning odds are at 63.6-36.4 in favor of Graciano Rocchigiani. Michael Nunn also has a chance at winning but he will have to put up a really good fight to get the win.
Graciano Rocchigiani defeated Michael Nunn via split decision . Rocchigiani improves his record to 40-4-1, while Nunn adds a loss to his record at 52-4.