On August 28, 1998, William Joppy (25-1-1, 19 KOs), the middleweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Roberto Durán (101-13, 70 KOs).
William Joppy is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Julio César Green, 6 months and 28 days ago. Roberto Durán is on a 3-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Felix Jose Hernandez, 6 months and 28 days ago.
This should be a confident win for William Joppy at 99-1 winning odds. Roberto Durán really doesn't have much to present against Joppy.
William Joppy made easy work of Roberto Durán, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Joppy improves his record to 26-1-1 (20 KOs), while Durán adds a loss to his record at 101-14.