On September 23, 2000, Acelino Freitas (26-0, 26 KOs), the super-featherweight WBO champion, defends his title against Argentinian challenger, Carlos Rios (49-4-2, 31 KOs).
Acelino Freitas is coming in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Lemuel Nelson, 3 months and 13 days ago. Carlos Rios is on a 1-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, with his last fight being a points decision win over Victor Hugo Paz, 21 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Acelino Freitas at 99-1 winning odds. Carlos Rios really doesn't have much to present against Freitas.
Acelino Freitas stopped Carlos Rios via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-featherweight title. Freitas improves his record to 27-0 (27 KOs), while Rios adds a loss to his record at 49-5-2.