On June 7, 1987, Greg Haugen (19-0, 9 KOs), the lightweight IBF champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Vinny Paz (22-1, 18 KOs).
Greg Haugen is coming in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Jimmy Paul, 6 months and 2 days ago. Vinny Paz is on a 8-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round TKO win over Roberto Elizondo, 3 months and 30 days ago.
The winning odds are at 92.7-7.3 in favor of Vinny Paz. It is going to be very difficult for Greg Haugen to win this fight.
Vinny Paz defeated Greg Haugen via unanimous decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Paz improves his record to 23-1, while Haugen adds a loss to his record at 19-1.