On September 27, 2008, Firat Arslan (29-3-1, 18 KOs), the cruiserweight WBA champion, defends his title against Panamanian challenger, Guillermo Jones (35-3-2, 27 KOs).
Firat Arslan is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Darnell Wilson, 4 months and 24 days ago. Guillermo Jones is on a 4-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Zack Page, 1 year, 2 months, and 20 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Guillermo Jones at 99-1 winning odds. Firat Arslan really doesn't have much to present against Jones.
Guillermo Jones 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 cruiserweight champion. Jones improves his record to 36-3-2 (28 KOs), while Arslan adds a loss to his record at 29-4-1.