On July 18, 1987, Mike McCallum (31-0, 28 KOs), the super-welterweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Donald Curry (27-1, 19 KOs).
Mike McCallum is coming in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Milton McCrory, 2 months and 29 days ago. Donald Curry is on a 2-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, with his last fight being a undefined win over Carlos Santos, 3 months and 14 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Mike McCallum at 99-1 winning odds. Donald Curry really doesn't have much to present against McCallum.
Mike McCallum stopped Donald Curry via KO in the 5th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-welterweight title. McCallum improves his record to 32-0 (29 KOs), while Curry adds a loss to his record at 27-2.