On May 28, 1989, Fulgencio Obelmejias (49-4, 39 KOs), the super-middleweight WBA champion, defends his title against South Korean challenger, Baek In-Chul (44-2, 40 KOs).
Fulgencio Obelmejias is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Chong-Pal Park, 1 year and 5 days ago. Baek In-Chul is on a 3-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round KO win over Chong-Pal Park, 5 months and 6 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.9-1.1 in favor of Baek In-Chul. Fulgencio Obelmejias won't be able to do much against In-Chul.
Baek In-Chul stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA super-middleweight champion. In-Chul improves his record to 45-2 (41 KOs), while Obelmejias adds a loss to his record at 49-5.