On February 5, 2011, Rigoberto Álvarez (27-2, 20 KOs) and Austin Trout (21-0, 13 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBA (Regular) super-welterweight world titles. The vacant WBA (Regular) super-welterweight title is also on the line.
Rigoberto Álvarez is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Nobuhiro Ishida, 3 months and 27 days ago. Austin Trout is on a 21-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Taronze Washington, 1 year and 3 months ago.
This should be a confident win for Austin Trout at 99-1 winning odds. Rigoberto Álvarez really doesn't have much to present against Trout.
Austin Trout defeated Rigoberto Álvarez via unanimous decision . Trout improves his record to 22-0, while Álvarez adds a loss to his record at 27-3.