On August 21, 1999, Miguel Ángel González (43-1-1, 33 KOs) and Kostya Tszyu (22-1, 18 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBC super-lightweight world titles. The vacant WBC super-lightweight title is also on the line.
Miguel Ángel González is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over Alex Perez, 1 year, 1 month, and 10 days ago. Kostya Tszyu is on a 4-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Diosbelys Hurtado, 8 months and 24 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93.9-6.1 in favor of Kostya Tszyu. It is going to be very difficult for Miguel Ángel González to win this fight.
Kostya Tszyu stopped Miguel Angel Gonzalez via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Tszyu improves his record to 23-1 (19 KOs), while González adds a loss to his record at 43-2-1.