On April 12, 2003, Marco Antonio Barrera (56-3, 39 KOs), the featherweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion Kevin Kelley (54-5-2, 36 KOs).
Marco Antonio Barrera is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Johnny Tapia, 5 months and 10 days ago. Kevin Kelley is on a 3-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round KO win over Johnny West, 4 months and 29 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Marco Antonio Barrera at 99-1 winning odds. Kevin Kelley really doesn't have much to present against Barrera.
Marco Antonio Barrera stopped Kevin Kelley via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring featherweight title. Barrera improves his record to 57-3 (40 KOs), while Kelley adds a loss to his record at 54-6-2.