On October 24, 1998, Charles Brewer (32-5, 22 KOs), the super-middleweight IBF champion, defends his title against German challenger, Sven Ottke (12-0, 1 KOs).
Charles Brewer is coming in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Antoine Byrd, 2 months and 2 days ago. Sven Ottke is on a 12-fight win streak with a 8% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over William Krijnen, 2 months and 2 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 95.4-4.6 in favor of Sven Ottke. Charles Brewer won't be able to do much against Ottke.
Sven Ottke defeated Charles Brewer via split decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Ottke improves his record to 13-0, while Brewer adds a loss to his record at 32-6.