On June 1, 1984, Ray Mancini (29-1, 23 KOs), the lightweight WBA champion, defends his title against St. Kitts & Nevis challenger, Livingstone Bramble (20-1-1, 13 KOs).
Ray Mancini is coming in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Bobby Chacon, 4 months and 18 days ago. Livingstone Bramble is on a 13-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Rafael Williams, 4 months and 10 days ago.
The winning odds are at 92.7-7.3 in favor of Livingstone Bramble. It is going to be very difficult for Ray Mancini to win this fight.
Livingstone Bramble stopped the champion via TKO in the 14th round of the 15-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA lightweight champion. Bramble improves his record to 21-1-1 (14 KOs), while Mancini adds a loss to his record at 29-2.