On October 25, 1987, Rick Lockridge (41-5, 34 KOs), the super-featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against Dominican challenger, Johnny De La Rosa (34-2, 24 KOs).
Rick Lockridge is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round RTD victory over Barry Michael, 2 months and 16 days ago. Johnny De La Rosa is on a 10-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Sebastian Wilburn, 2 months and 11 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Rick Lockridge at 99-1 winning odds. Johnny De La Rosa really doesn't have much to present against Lockridge.
Rick Lockridge stopped Johnny De La Rosa via TKO in the 10th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-featherweight title. Lockridge improves his record to 42-5 (35 KOs), while De La Rosa adds a loss to his record at 34-3.