On May 12, 2018, Rey Vargas (31-0, 22 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against Armenian challenger, Azat Hovhannisyan (14-2, 11 KOs).
Rey Vargas is coming in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Oscar Negrete, 5 months and 10 days ago. Azat Hovhannisyan is on a 8-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, with his last fight being a 6th round KO win over Ronny Rios, 2 months and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Rey Vargas at 99-1 winning odds. Azat Hovhannisyan really doesn't have much to present against Vargas.
Rey Vargas defeated Azat Hovhannisyan via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Vargas improves his record to 32-0, while Hovhannisyan adds a loss to his record at 14-3.