On April 29, 1985, Greg Page (24-3, 19 KOs), the heavyweight WBA champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Tony Tubbs (20-0, 14 KOs).
Greg Page is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round KO victory over Gerrie Coetzee, 4 months and 28 days ago. Tony Tubbs is on a 20-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over James Smith, 1 month and 14 days ago.
The winning odds are at 77.7-22.3 in favor of Tony Tubbs. It is going to be a competitive fight and Greg Page will put up a very good fight, but Tubbs will prevail.
Tony Tubbs defeated Greg Page via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Tubbs improves his record to 21-0, while Page adds a loss to his record at 24-4.