On December 27, 1997, Ratanapol Sor Vorapin (34-2-1, 27 KOs) and Zolani Petelo (10-2-2, 5 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round strawweight bout.
Ratanapol Sor Vorapin is coming in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Wellington Vicente, 3 months and 27 days ago. Zolani Petelo is on a 1-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round KO win over Mnyamezeli Shosha, 3 months ago.
Although the odds are slightly in favor of Ratanapol Sor Vorapin at 51.2-48.8, it would be fair to consider this a 50-50 fight. Vorapin has a slightly better chance of winning, but Petelo could also certainly pull it off.
Zolani Petelo stopped Ratanapol Sor Vorapin via TKO in the 4th round. Petelo improves his record to 11-2-2 (6 KOs), while Vorapin adds a loss to his record at 34-3-1.