On February 25, 1989, Azumah Nelson (29-1, 21 KOs), the super-featherweight WBC champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Mario Martínez (47-4-2, 29 KOs).
Azumah Nelson is coming in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round KO victory over Sidnei Dal Rovere, 2 months and 15 days ago. Mario Martínez is on a 1-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a points decision win over Mauro Gutierrez, 5 months and 20 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Azumah Nelson at 99-1 winning odds. Mario Martínez really doesn't have much to present against Nelson.
In the rematch, Azumah Nelson stopped Mario Martínez via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-featherweight title. Nelson improves his record to 30-1 (22 KOs), while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 47-5-2.