On October 4, 2003, Veerapol Sahaprom (40-1-1, 27 KOs), the bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against Japanese challenger, Toshiaki Nishioka (23-3-2, 14 KOs).
Veerapol Sahaprom is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Hugo Dianzo, 5 months and 3 days ago. Toshiaki Nishioka is on a 1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Evangelio Pérez, 9 months and 27 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 40-1-2 and Nishioka, 23-3-3.