On February 6, 1988, Vinny Paz (23-1, 18 KOs), the lightweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Greg Haugen (20-1, 10 KOs).
Vinny Paz is coming in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Haugen, 7 months and 30 days ago. Greg Haugen is on a 1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round TKO win over Derrick McGuire, 1 month and 21 days ago.
The winning odds are at 76.7-23.3 in favor of Greg Haugen. It is going to be a competitive fight and Vinny Paz will put up a very good fight, but Haugen will prevail.
Greg Haugen defeated Vinny Pazienza via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the IBF title. Haugen improves his record to 21-1, while Paz adds a loss to his record at 23-2.