On June 7, 2008, Daniel Ponce de León (34-1, 30 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBO champion, defends his title against Puerto Rican challenger, Juan Manuel López (21-0, 19 KOs).
Daniel Ponce de León is coming in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Eduardo Escobedo, 5 months and 30 days ago. Juan Manuel López is on a 21-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Jonathan Oquendo, 3 months and 15 days ago.
The winning odds are at 91-9 in favor of Juan Manuel López. It is going to be very difficult for Daniel Ponce de León to win this fight.
Juan Manuel López made quick work of Daniel Ponce de León, stopping the champion via TKO in the 1st. López improves his record to 22-0 (20 KOs), while León adds a loss to his record at 34-2.