On September 16, 2000, William Joppy (30-1-1, 23 KOs), the middleweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Hacine Cherifi (30-4-1, 19 KOs).
William Joppy is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round TKO victory over Rito Ruvalcaba, 3 months and 27 days ago. Hacine Cherifi is on a 4-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Alex Lubo, 5 months and 8 days ago.
This should be a confident win for William Joppy at 99-1 winning odds. Hacine Cherifi really doesn't have much to present against Joppy.
William Joppy defeated Hacine Cherifi via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA middleweight title. Joppy improves his record to 31-1-1, while Cherifi adds a loss to his record at 30-5-1.