On October 25, 1990, Hideyuki Ohashi (14-3, 9 KOs), the strawweight WBC champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Ricardo López (26-0, 19 KOs).
Hideyuki Ohashi is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Napa Kiatwanchai, 4 months and 17 days ago. Ricardo López is on a 26-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Francisco Montiel, 3 months and 26 days ago.
The winning odds are at 90.5-9.5 in favor of Ricardo López. It is going to be very difficult for Hideyuki Ohashi to win this fight.
Ricardo López stopped the champion via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBC strawweight champion. López improves his record to 27-0 (20 KOs), while Ohashi adds a loss to his record at 14-4.