On May 17, 1997, Luisito Espinosa (40-7, 21 KOs), the featherweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Manuel Medina (53-8, 25 KOs).
Luisito Espinosa is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Nobutoshi Hiranaka, 6 months and 15 days ago. Manuel Medina is on a 1-fight win streak with a 41% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Rosario Hernandez, 5 months and 1 day ago.
This should be a confident win for Luisito Espinosa at 99-1 winning odds. Manuel Medina really doesn't have much to present against Espinosa.
Luisito Espinosa defeated Manuel Medina via technical decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBC featherweight title. Espinosa improves his record to 41-7, while Medina adds a loss to his record at 53-9.