On February 26, 2005, Fabrice Tiozzo (46-2, 30 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Dariusz Michalczewski (48-1, 38 KOs).
Dariusz Michalczewski is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 77% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision loss to Julio César González, 1 year, 4 months, and 8 days ago. Fabrice Tiozzo is on a 4-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, with his last fight being a majority decision win over Silvio Branco, 11 months and 6 days ago.
The winning odds are at 91.9-8.1 in favor of Fabrice Tiozzo. It is going to be very difficult for Dariusz Michalczewski to win this fight.
Fabrice Tiozzo stopped Dariusz Michalczewski via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA light-heavyweight title. Tiozzo improves his record to 47-2 (31 KOs), while Michalczewski adds a loss to his record at 48-2.