On September 5, 1987, Leslie Stewart (24-1, 16 KOs) and Virgil Hill (18-0, 12 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round light-heavyweight bout.
Leslie Stewart is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round RTD victory over Marvin Johnson, 3 months and 13 days ago. Virgil Hill is on a 18-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Junior Edmonds, 1 month and 17 days ago.
The winning odds are at 75.4-24.6 in favor of Virgil Hill. It is going to be a competitive fight and Leslie Stewart will put up a very good fight, but Hill will prevail.
Virgil Hill stopped Leslie Stewart via TKO in the 4th round. Hill improves his record to 19-0 (13 KOs), while Stewart adds a loss to his record at 24-2.