On January 14, 2017, José Pedraza (22-0, 12 KOs), the super-featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against the reigning WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis (16-0, 15 KOs).
José Pedraza is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Stephen Smith, 8 months and 29 days ago. Gervonta Davis is on a 16-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Mario Antonio Macias, 7 months and 11 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.6-1.4 in favor of Gervonta Davis. José Pedraza won't be able to do much against Davis.
Gervonta Davis stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new IBF super-featherweight champion. Davis improves his record to 17-0 (16 KOs), while Pedraza adds a loss to his record at 22-1.