On July 26, 1977, Marvin Johnson (15-0, 12 KOs) and Matthew Saad Muhammad (15-3-2, 9 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round light-heavyweight bout.
Marvin Johnson is coming in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round TKO victory over Tom Bethea, 3 months and 4 days ago. Matthew Saad Muhammad is on a 2-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Ed Turner, 1 month and 3 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93.8-6.2 in favor of Matthew Saad Muhammad. It is going to be very difficult for Marvin Johnson to win this fight.
Matthew Saad Muhammad stopped Marvin Johnson via TKO in the 12th round. Muhammad improves his record to 16-3-2 (10 KOs), while Johnson adds a loss to his record at 15-1.