On November 13, 1982, Ray Mancini (24-1, 19 KOs), the lightweight WBA champion, defends his title against South Korean challenger, Duk-koo Kim (17-1-1, 8 KOs).
Ray Mancini is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Ernesto España, 3 months and 20 days ago. Duk-koo Kim is on a 12-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round KO win over Tadao Ishido, 3 months and 26 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Ray Mancini at 99-1 winning odds. Duk-koo Kim really doesn't have much to present against Mancini.
Ray Mancini stopped Kim Duk-koo via KO in the 14th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA lightweight title. Mancini improves his record to 25-1 (20 KOs), while Kim adds a loss to his record at 17-2-1.