On April 18, 1998, Carl Thompson (22-4, 16 KOs), the cruiserweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Chris Eubank (45-3-2, 23 KOs).
Carl Thompson is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Ralf Rocchigiani, 6 months and 14 days ago. Chris Eubank is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 46% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Joe Calzaghe, 6 months and 7 days ago.
The winning odds are at 94.6-5.4 in favor of Carl Thompson. It is going to be very difficult for Chris Eubank to win this fight.
Carl Thompson defeated Chris Eubank via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO cruiserweight title. Thompson improves his record to 23-4, while Eubank adds a loss to his record at 45-4-2.