On June 16, 1995, Mike McCallum (48-2-1, 36 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against French challenger, Fabrice Tiozzo (31-1, 21 KOs).
Mike McCallum is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round TKO victory over Carl Jones, 3 months and 22 days ago. Fabrice Tiozzo is on a 6-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Noel Magee, 3 months and 11 days ago.
The winning odds are at 80.4-19.6 in favor of Fabrice Tiozzo. Mike McCallum is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Tiozzo should win this fight.
Fabrice Tiozzo defeated Mike McCallum via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Tiozzo improves his record to 32-1, while McCallum adds a loss to his record at 48-3-1.