On December 16, 2000, Juan Carlos Gómez (31-0, 26 KOs), the cruiserweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Jorge Castro (115-6-3, 80 KOs).
Juan Carlos Gómez is coming in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round KO victory over Imamu Mayfield, 7 months and 10 days ago. Jorge Castro is on a 7-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round KO win over Fabian Alberto Chancalay, 1 month and 18 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Juan Carlos Gómez at 99-1 winning odds. Jorge Castro really doesn't have much to present against Gómez.
Juan Carlos Gómez stopped Jorge Castro via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC cruiserweight title. Gómez improves his record to 32-0 (27 KOs), while Castro adds a loss to his record at 115-7-3.