On September 12, 1998, Érik Morales (30-0, 24 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Junior Jones (44-3, 27 KOs).
Érik Morales is coming in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over José Luis Bueno, 3 months and 27 days ago. Junior Jones is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 57% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO loss to Kennedy McKinney, 8 months and 24 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Érik Morales at 99-1 winning odds. Junior Jones really doesn't have much to present against Morales.
Érik Morales stopped Junior Jones via KO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Morales improves his record to 31-0 (25 KOs), while Jones adds a loss to his record at 44-4.