On October 29, 1988, Jose Luis Ramirez (101-6, 82 KOs), the lightweight WBC champion, and the lightweight WBA champion Julio César Chávez (61-0, 50 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight. The vacant The Ring lightweight title is also on the line.
Jose Luis Ramirez is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Pernell Whitaker, 7 months and 17 days ago. Julio César Chávez is on a 61-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Vernon Buchanan, 2 months and 28 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 95.2-4.8 in favor of Julio César Chávez. Jose Luis Ramirez won't be able to do much against Chávez.
Julio César Chávez defeated José Luis Ramírez via technical decision and unifies the WBC, WBA, and The Ring lightweight titles. Chávez improves his record to 62-0, while Ramirez adds a loss to his record at 101-7.