On September 1, 2001, Veerapol Sahaprom (33-1, 24 KOs), the bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against Japanese challenger, Toshiaki Nishioka (22-3-1, 13 KOs).
Veerapol Sahaprom is coming in to the fight on a 29-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round TKO victory over Dean Bermudez, 1 month and 20 days ago. Toshiaki Nishioka is on a 2-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Sammy Ventura, 5 months and 21 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Veerapol Sahaprom at 99-1 winning odds. Toshiaki Nishioka really doesn't have much to present against Sahaprom.
The fight ended in a split decision draw and both the fighters added a draw to their respective records — Sahaprom is now 33-1-1 and Nishioka, 22-3-2.