On October 19, 1996, Keith Holmes (29-1, 19 KOs), the middleweight WBC champion, defends his title against English challenger, Richie Woodhall (21-0, 13 KOs).
Keith Holmes is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round TKO victory over Quincy Taylor, 7 months and 3 days ago. Richie Woodhall is on a 21-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round TKO win over Derek Wormald, 8 months and 19 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Keith Holmes at 99-1 winning odds. Richie Woodhall really doesn't have much to present against Holmes.
Keith Holmes stopped Richie Woodhall via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC middleweight title. Holmes improves his record to 30-1 (20 KOs), while Woodhall adds a loss to his record at 21-1.