On July 30, 1977, Carlos Monzón (86-3-9, 59 KOs), the undisputed middleweight world champion, holding the WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts, defends his undisputed championship against former world champion Rodrigo Valdez (59-5-2, 40 KOs).
Carlos Monzón is coming in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Valdez, 1 year, 1 month, and 4 days ago. Rodrigo Valdez is on a 2-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Oreste Lebron, 4 months and 11 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Carlos Monzón at 99-1 winning odds. Rodrigo Valdez really doesn't have much to present against Monzón.
Carlos Monzón defeated Rodrigo Valdéz via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles. Monzón improves his record to 87-3-9, while Valdez adds a loss to his record at 59-6-2.