On July 31, 1999, Jorge Arce (20-2-1, 15 KOs), the light-flyweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Michael Carbajal (48-4, 32 KOs).
Jorge Arce is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Salvatore Fanni, 3 months and 14 days ago. Michael Carbajal is on a 3-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Oscar Calzada, 29 days ago.
The winning odds are at 92.3-7.7 in favor of Jorge Arce. It is going to be very difficult for Michael Carbajal to win this fight.
Michael Carbajal stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO light-flyweight champion. Carbajal improves his record to 49-4 (33 KOs), while Arce adds a loss to his record at 20-3-1.