On July 1, 1967, Carlos Ortiz (49-5-1, 21 KOs), the undisputed lightweight world champion, holding the WBA and The Ring belts, defends his undisputed championship against former world champion Sugar Ramos (50-3-3, 36 KOs). The vacant WBC lightweight title is also on the line.
Carlos Ortiz is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate; his last fight was a 14th round TKO victory over Flash Elorde, 7 months and 3 days ago. Sugar Ramos is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO loss to Ortiz, 8 months and 9 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Carlos Ortiz at 99-1 winning odds. Sugar Ramos really doesn't have much to present against Ortiz.
In the rematch, Carlos Ortiz stopped Sugar Ramos via TKO in the 4th round, and successfully defended his WBA and The Ring lightweight titles. Ortiz improves his record to 50-5-1 (22 KOs), while Ramos adds a loss to his record at 50-4-3.