On December 2, 2000, Félix Trinidad (38-0, 31 KOs), the super-welterweight WBA champion, and the super-welterweight IBF champion Fernando Vargas (20-0, 18 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Félix Trinidad is coming in to the fight on a 38-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Mamadou Thiam, 4 months and 10 days ago. Fernando Vargas is on a 20-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Ross Thompson, 3 months and 6 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Félix Trinidad at 99-1 winning odds. Fernando Vargas really doesn't have much to present against Trinidad.
Félix Trinidad stopped Fernando Vargas via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the WBA and IBF super-welterweight titles. Trinidad improves his record to 39-0 (32 KOs), while Vargas adds a loss to his record at 20-1.