On December 1, 1995, Gabriel Ruelas (41-2, 23 KOs), the super-featherweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Azumah Nelson (36-3-2, 25 KOs).
Gabriel Ruelas is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO victory over Jimmy Garcia, 6 months and 25 days ago. Azumah Nelson is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Jesse James Leija, 1 year, 6 months, and 24 days ago.
The winning odds are at 83.3-16.7 in favor of Azumah Nelson. Gabriel Ruelas is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Nelson should win this fight.
In the rematch, Azumah Nelson stopped the champion via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC super-featherweight champion. Nelson improves his record to 37-3-2 (26 KOs), while Ruelas adds a loss to his record at 41-3.