On August 4, 2001, Bruno Girard (39-3-1, 6 KOs) and Lou Del Valle (31-2, 21 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight world titles. The vacant WBA (Regular) light-heavyweight title is also on the line.
Bruno Girard is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 14% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round KO victory over Marco Antonio Duarte, 2 months and 21 days ago. Lou Del Valle is on a 4-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Dennis McKinney, 2 months and 18 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Bruno Girard at 99-1 winning odds. Lou Del Valle really doesn't have much to present against Girard.
The fight ended in a split decision draw and both the fighters added a draw to their respective records — Girard is now 39-3-2 and Valle, 31-2-1.