On June 25, 1983, Juan Laporte (23-3, 13 KOs), the featherweight WBC champion, defends his title against Dominican challenger, Johnny De La Rosa (21-0, 16 KOs).
Juan Laporte is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Ruben Castillo, 4 months and 5 days ago. Johnny De La Rosa is on a 21-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Jojo Virgil, 7 months and 6 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Juan Laporte at 99-1 winning odds. Johnny De La Rosa really doesn't have much to present against Laporte.
Juan Laporte defeated Johnny De La Rosa via split decision and successfully defended his WBC featherweight title. Laporte improves his record to 24-3, while De La Rosa adds a loss to his record at 21-1.