On September 11, 1962, Éder Jofre (43-0-3, 33 KOs), the bantamweight WBA and The Ring champion, defends his titles against Mexican challenger, José Medel (52-17-4, 32 KOs).
Éder Jofre is coming in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Herman Marques, 4 months and 7 days ago. José Medel is on a 7-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, with his last fight being a points decision win over Sadao Yaoita, 5 months and 13 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Éder Jofre at 99-1 winning odds. José Medel really doesn't have much to present against Jofre.
In the rematch, Éder Jofre stopped José Medel via KO in the 6th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA and The Ring bantamweight titles. Jofre improves his record to 44-0-3 (34 KOs), while Medel adds a loss to his record at 52-18-4.