On February 6, 1999, Bernard Hopkins (34-2-1, 26 KOs), the middleweight IBF champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Robert Allen (23-2, 18 KOs).
Bernard Hopkins is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a undefined loss to Allen, 5 months and 9 days ago. Robert Allen is on a 6-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Abdullah Ramadan, 4 months and 18 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 97.9-2.1 in favor of Bernard Hopkins. Robert Allen won't be able to do much against Hopkins.
In the rematch, Bernard Hopkins stopped Robert Allen via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF middleweight title. Hopkins improves his record to 35-2-1 (27 KOs), while Allen adds a loss to his record at 23-3.