On November 16, 2018, Maurice Hooker (24-0-3, 16 KOs), the super-lightweight WBO champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Alex Saucedo (28-0, 18 KOs).
Maurice Hooker is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Terry Flanagan, 5 months and 7 days ago. Alex Saucedo is on a 28-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round TKO win over Lenny Zappavigna, 4 months and 17 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Maurice Hooker at 99-1 winning odds. Alex Saucedo really doesn't have much to present against Hooker.
Maurice Hooker stopped Alex Saucedo via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-lightweight title. Hooker improves his record to 25-0-3 (17 KOs), while Saucedo adds a loss to his record at 28-1.