On January 13, 1996, Fabrice Tiozzo (32-1, 21 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBC champion, defends his title against Canadian challenger, Éric Lucas (18-1-2, 4 KOs).
Fabrice Tiozzo is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Mike McCallum, 6 months and 28 days ago. Éric Lucas is on a 1-fight win streak with a 19% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Eric Martin, 1 month and 11 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Fabrice Tiozzo at 99-1 winning odds. Éric Lucas really doesn't have much to present against Tiozzo.
Fabrice Tiozzo defeated Eric Lucas via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC light-heavyweight title. Tiozzo improves his record to 33-1, while Lucas adds a loss to his record at 18-2-2.