On January 17, 2004, Julio César González (35-1, 22 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against Hungarian challenger, Zsolt Erdei (18-0, 13 KOs).
Julio César González is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Dariusz Michalczewski, 2 months and 30 days ago. Zsolt Erdei is on a 18-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Ramdane Serdjane, 2 months and 2 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Julio César González at 99-1 winning odds. Zsolt Erdei really doesn't have much to present against González.
Zsolt Erdei defeated Julio César González via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Erdei improves his record to 19-0, while González adds a loss to his record at 35-2.