On April 22, 2017, Artur Akavov (16-2, 7 KOs) and Josué Obando (14-13-1, 11 KOs) meet in the ring in a 8-round bout.
Artur Akavov is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 38% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Billy Joe Saunders, 4 months and 19 days ago. Josué Obando is on a 6-fight losing streak with a 39% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round KO loss to Bakhram Murtazaliev, 2 months and 26 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Artur Akavov at 99-1 winning odds. Josué Obando really doesn't have much to present against Akavov.
Artur Akavov defeated Josue Obando via split decision in the 8-round fight. Akavov improves his record to 17-2, while Obando adds a loss to his record at 14-14-1.