On October 7, 1989, Tony Lopez (33-1, 23 KOs), the super-featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion John John Molina (19-2, 12 KOs).
Tony Lopez is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Tyrone Jackson, 3 months and 19 days ago. John John Molina is on a 1-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Juan Laporte, 5 months and 8 days ago.
The winning odds are at 79.9-20.1 in favor of John John Molina. It is going to be a competitive fight and Tony Lopez will put up a very good fight, but Molina will prevail.
In the rematch, John John Molina stopped the champion via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new IBF super-featherweight champion. Molina improves his record to 20-2 (13 KOs), while Lopez adds a loss to his record at 33-2.