On February 10, 2012, Luis Alberto Lazarte (49-10-2, 18 KOs) and John Riel Casimero (15-2, 9 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round light-flyweight bout.
Luis Alberto Lazarte is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 29% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Nerys Espinoza, 5 months and 8 days ago. John Riel Casimero is on a 1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Roemart Sentillas, 3 months and 26 days ago.
Although the odds are slightly in favor of John Riel Casimero at 54.2-45.8, it would be fair to consider this a 50-50 fight. Casimero has a slightly better chance of winning, but Lazarte could also certainly pull it off.
John Riel Casimero stopped Luis Alberto Lazarte via TKO in the 10th round. Casimero improves his record to 16-2 (10 KOs), while Lazarte adds a loss to his record at 49-11-2.