On September 4, 1999, Sven Ottke (15-0, 2 KOs), the super-middleweight IBF champion, defends his title against American challenger, Thomas Tate (36-5, 26 KOs).
Sven Ottke is coming in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 13% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Gabriel Hernández, 3 months and 27 days ago. Thomas Tate is on a 6-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round KO win over Merqui Sosa, 7 months and 20 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Sven Ottke at 99-1 winning odds. Thomas Tate really doesn't have much to present against Ottke.
Sven Ottke defeated Thomas Tate via technical decision and successfully defended his IBF super-middleweight title. Ottke improves his record to 16-0, while Tate adds a loss to his record at 36-6.