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 odds of winning are at 95.1-4.9 in favor of Vinny Paz. Greg Haugen won't be able to do much against Paz.
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.