On September 23, 2011, Marcos Maidana (30-2, 27 KOs), the super-lightweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against Russian challenger, Petr Petrov (29-2-2, 13 KOs).
Marcos Maidana is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Érik Morales, 5 months and 14 days ago. Petr Petrov is on a 13-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, with his last fight being a points decision win over Matias Garcia, 2 months and 15 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Marcos Maidana at 99-1 winning odds. Petr Petrov really doesn't have much to present against Maidana.
Marcos Maidana stopped Petr Petrov via KO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) super-lightweight title. Maidana improves his record to 31-2 (28 KOs), while Petrov adds a loss to his record at 29-3-2.