On November 6, 2004, Kostya Tszyu (30-1, 24 KOs), the super-lightweight IBF and The Ring champion, defends his titles against former world champion Sharmba Mitchell (55-3, 30 KOs).
Kostya Tszyu is coming in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round RTD victory over Jesse James Leija, 1 year, 9 months, and 18 days ago. Sharmba Mitchell is on a 8-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Moises Pedroza, 2 months and 30 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Kostya Tszyu at 99-1 winning odds. Sharmba Mitchell really doesn't have much to present against Tszyu.
Kostya Tszyu made easy work of Sharmba Mitchell in the rematch, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Tszyu improves his record to 31-1 (25 KOs), while Mitchell adds a loss to his record at 55-4.