On August 11, 2007, Jhonny González (34-5, 29 KOs), the bantamweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Gerry Peñalosa (51-6-2, 34 KOs).
Jhonny González is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round TKO victory over Irene Pacheco, 4 months and 12 days ago. Gerry Peñalosa is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 57% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Daniel Ponce de León, 4 months and 25 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 97.8-2.2 in favor of Gerry Peñalosa. Jhonny González won't be able to do much against Peñalosa.
Gerry Peñalosa stopped the champion via KO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO bantamweight champion. Peñalosa improves his record to 52-6-2 (35 KOs), while González adds a loss to his record at 34-6.