On October 3, 1981, Alexis Argüello (67-5, 54 KOs), the lightweight WBC and The Ring champion, defends his titles against American challenger, Ray Mancini (20-0, 15 KOs).
Alexis Argüello is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Jim Watt, 3 months and 13 days ago. Ray Mancini is on a 20-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over José Luis Ramírez, 2 months and 14 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Alexis Argüello at 99-1 winning odds. Ray Mancini really doesn't have much to present against Argüello.
Alexis Argüello stopped Ray Mancini via TKO in the 14th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC and The Ring lightweight titles. Argüello improves his record to 68-5 (55 KOs), while Mancini adds a loss to his record at 20-1.