On July 26, 2003, Manny Pacquiao (36-2-1, 27 KOs), the super-bantamweight IBF champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Emmanuel Lucero (21-0-1, 12 KOs).
Manny Pacquiao is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over Serikzhan Yeshmagambetov, 4 months and 11 days ago. Emmanuel Lucero is on a 1-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Marty Robbins, 2 months and 16 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Manny Pacquiao at 99-1 winning odds. Emmanuel Lucero really doesn't have much to present against Pacquiao.
Manny Pacquiao made easy work of Emmanuel Lucero, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Pacquiao improves his record to 37-2-1 (28 KOs), while Lucero adds a loss to his record at 21-1-1.