On December 4, 1998, Chatchai Sasakul (32-1-1, 23 KOs), the flyweight WBC champion, defends his title against Filipino challenger, Manny Pacquiao (23-1, 14 KOs).
Chatchai Sasakul is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round KO victory over Young Soon Jang, 7 months and 3 days ago. Manny Pacquiao is on a 12-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Shin Terao, 6 months and 16 days ago.
The winning odds are at 82-18 in favor of Manny Pacquiao. Chatchai Sasakul is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Pacquiao should win this fight.
Manny Pacquiao stopped the champion via KO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBC flyweight champion. Pacquiao improves his record to 24-1 (15 KOs), while Sasakul adds a loss to his record at 32-2-1.