On December 10, 1986, Samart Payakaroon (13-0, 7 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Juan Meza (43-6, 35 KOs).
Juan Meza is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 71% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Lupe Pintor, 1 year, 3 months, and 22 days ago. Samart Payakaroon is on a 13-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, with his last fight being a points decision win over Rafael Gandarilla, 5 months and 20 days ago.
The winning odds are at 83-17 in favor of Samart Payakaroon. Juan Meza is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Payakaroon should win this fight.
Samart Payakaroon stopped Juan Meza via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Payakaroon improves his record to 14-0 (8 KOs), while Meza adds a loss to his record at 43-7.