On December 10, 1994, Oscar De La Hoya (15-0, 14 KOs), the lightweight WBO champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, John Avila (20-1-1, 11 KOs).
Oscar De La Hoya is coming in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Carl Griffith, 22 days ago. John Avila is on a 8-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Angelo Nunez, 1 month ago.
This should be a confident win for Oscar De La Hoya at 99-1 winning odds. John Avila really doesn't have much to present against De La Hoya.
Oscar De La Hoya stopped John Avila via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO lightweight title. De La Hoya improves his record to 16-0 (15 KOs), while Avila adds a loss to his record at 20-2-1.