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 winning odds are at 92.3-7.7 in favor of Sven Ottke. It is going to be very difficult for Charles Brewer to win this fight.
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.