On January 18, 1986, Samart Payakaroon (11-0, 6 KOs) and Lupe Pintor (54-8-2, 41 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBC super-bantamweight world titles. The vacant WBC super-bantamweight title is also on the line.
Samart Payakaroon is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round KO victory over Byung-Soo Park, 2 months and 1 day ago. Lupe Pintor is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round TKO loss to Billy White, 1 month and 6 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Samart Payakaroon at 99-1 winning odds. Lupe Pintor really doesn't have much to present against Payakaroon.
Samart Payakaroon stopped Lupe Pintor via KO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Payakaroon improves his record to 12-0 (7 KOs), while Pintor adds a loss to his record at 54-9-2.