On January 12, 2002, Acelino Freitas (30-0, 29 KOs), the super-featherweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Joel Casamayor (26-0, 16 KOs).
Acelino Freitas is coming in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 96% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Alfred Kotey, 3 months and 14 days ago. Joel Casamayor is on a 26-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Joe Morales, 3 months and 14 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93.5-6.5 in favor of Acelino Freitas. It is going to be very difficult for Joel Casamayor to win this fight.
Acelino Freitas defeated Joel Casamayor via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO super-featherweight title. Freitas improves his record to 31-0, while Casamayor adds a loss to his record at 26-1.