On November 21, 1987, Julio César Chávez (56-0, 45 KOs) gets a shot at the lightweight WBA title held by Edwin Rosario (31-2, 27 KOs).
Edwin Rosario is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Juan Nazario, 3 months and 10 days ago. Julio César Chávez is on a 56-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Danilo Cabrera, 3 months ago.
The odds of winning are at 97.1-2.9 in favor of Julio César Chávez. Edwin Rosario won't be able to do much against Chávez.
Julio César Chávez stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA lightweight champion. Chávez improves his record to 57-0 (46 KOs), while Rosario adds a loss to his record at 31-3.