On August 16, 2014, Yoan Pablo Hernández (28-1, 14 KOs), the cruiserweight IBF and The Ring champion, defends his titles against former world champion Firat Arslan (34-7-2, 21 KOs).
Yoan Pablo Hernández is coming in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Aleksandr Alekseyev, 8 months and 24 days ago. Firat Arslan is on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Tamas Bajzath, 2 months and 9 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Yoan Pablo Hernández at 99-1 winning odds. Firat Arslan really doesn't have much to present against Hernández.
Yoan Pablo Hernández defeated Firat Arslan via split decision and successfully defended his IBF and The Ring cruiserweight titles. Hernández improves his record to 29-1, while Arslan adds a loss to his record at 34-8-2.