On April 15, 2000, Dariusz Michalczewski (41-0, 31 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Graciano Rocchigiani (40-4-1, 19 KOs).
Dariusz Michalczewski is coming in to the fight on a 41-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round TKO victory over Montell Griffin, 7 months and 18 days ago. Graciano Rocchigiani is on a 2-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Michael Nunn, 2 years and 25 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Dariusz Michalczewski at 99-1 winning odds. Graciano Rocchigiani really doesn't have much to present against Michalczewski.
In the rematch, Dariusz Michalczewski stopped Graciano Rocchigiani via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Michalczewski improves his record to 42-0 (32 KOs), while Rocchigiani adds a loss to his record at 40-5-1.