On August 5, 2006, Vicente Mosquera (24-1-1, 12 KOs), the super-featherweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against Venezuelan challenger, Edwin Valero (19-0, 19 KOs).
Vicente Mosquera is coming in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Jose Pablo Estrella, 2 months and 24 days ago. Edwin Valero is on a 19-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Genaro Trazancos, 4 months and 11 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 96.9-3.1 in favor of Edwin Valero. Vicente Mosquera won't be able to do much against Valero.
Edwin Valero stopped the champion via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA super-featherweight champion. Valero improves his record to 20-0 (20 KOs), while Mosquera adds a loss to his record at 24-2-1.