On September 14, 2002, Dariusz Michalczewski (46-0, 36 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against Jamaican challenger, Richard Hall (9-3, 9 KOs).
Dariusz Michalczewski is coming in to the fight on a 46-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Joey DeGrandis, 4 months and 25 days ago. Richard Hall is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 75% KO rate, with his last fight being a 11th round TKO loss to Michalczewski, 8 months and 30 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Dariusz Michalczewski at 99-1 winning odds. Richard Hall really doesn't have much to present against Michalczewski.
In the rematch, Dariusz Michalczewski stopped Richard Hall 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 47-0 (37 KOs), while Hall adds a loss to his record at 9-4.