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.
This should be a confident win for Azumah Nelson at 99-1 winning odds. Gabriel Ruelas really doesn't have much to present against Nelson.
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.