On October 3, 1998, Genaro Hernández (38-1-1, 17 KOs), the super-featherweight WBC champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (17-0, 13 KOs).
Genaro Hernández is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Carlos Gerena, 4 months and 17 days ago. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is on a 17-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Tony Pep, 3 months and 19 days ago.
The winning odds are at 79.5-20.5 in favor of Floyd Mayweather Jr. It is going to be a competitive fight and Genaro Hernández will put up a very good fight, but Mayweather Jr. will prevail.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 8th round, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is crowned the new WBC super-featherweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Mayweather Jr. improves his record to 18-0 (14 KOs), while Hernández adds a loss to his record at 38-2-1.