On August 28, 1999, Dariusz Michalczewski (40-0, 30 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Montell Griffin (38-2, 27 KOs).
Dariusz Michalczewski is coming in to the fight on a 40-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round TKO victory over Muslim Biarslanov, 4 months and 25 days ago. Montell Griffin is on a 4-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Tim Cooper, 2 months and 5 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Dariusz Michalczewski at 99-1 winning odds. Montell Griffin really doesn't have much to present against Michalczewski.
Dariusz Michalczewski stopped Montell Griffin via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Michalczewski improves his record to 41-0 (31 KOs), while Griffin adds a loss to his record at 38-3.