On August 4, 2012, John Riel Casimero (16-2, 10 KOs), the light-flyweight IBF champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Pedro Guevara (18-0-1, 13 KOs).
John Riel Casimero is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Luis Alberto Lazarte, 5 months and 25 days ago. Pedro Guevara is on a 4-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Jose Guadalupe Martinez, 2 months and 16 days ago.
This should be a confident win for John Riel Casimero at 99-1 winning odds. Pedro Guevara really doesn't have much to present against Casimero.
John Riel Casimero defeated Pedro Guevara via split decision and successfully defended his IBF light-flyweight title — in his first world-title fight. Casimero improves his record to 17-2, while Guevara adds a loss to his record at 18-1-1.