On January 24, 2009, Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs), the welterweight WBA (Super) champion, defends his title against former world champion Shane Mosley (45-5, 38 KOs).
Antonio Margarito is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO victory over Miguel Cotto, 5 months and 29 days ago. Shane Mosley is on a 1-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, with his last fight being a 12th round TKO win over Ricardo Mayorga, 3 months and 28 days ago.
The winning odds are at 60.8-39.2 in favor of Antonio Margarito. Shane Mosley also has a chance at winning but he will have to put up a really good fight to get the win.
Shane Mosley stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA (Super) welterweight champion. Mosley improves his record to 46-5 (39 KOs), while Margarito adds a loss to his record at 37-6.