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.
The winning odds are at 91.4-8.6 in favor of Guillermo Jones. It is going to be very difficult for Firat Arslan to win this fight.
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.