On June 16, 2007, Zsolt Erdei (26-0, 16 KOs), the light-heavyweight WBO champion, defends his title against American challenger, George Blades (21-2, 15 KOs).
Zsolt Erdei is coming in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Danny Santiago, 4 months and 20 days ago. George Blades is on a 5-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round TKO win over John Romans William, 4 months and 28 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Zsolt Erdei at 99-1 winning odds. George Blades really doesn't have much to present against Erdei.
Zsolt Erdei stopped George Blades via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO light-heavyweight title. Erdei improves his record to 27-0 (17 KOs), while Blades adds a loss to his record at 21-3.