On February 23, 2019, Avni Yıldırım (21-1, 12 KOs) and Anthony Dirrell (32-1-1, 24 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBC super-middleweight world titles. The vacant WBC super-middleweight title is also on the line.
Avni Yıldırım is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Lolenga Mock, 5 months and 8 days ago. Anthony Dirrell is on a 5-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Abraham Han, 9 months and 26 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Anthony Dirrell at 99-1 winning odds. Avni Yıldırım really doesn't have much to present against Dirrell.
Anthony Dirrell defeated Avni Yıldırım via technical decision . Dirrell improves his record to 33-1-1, while Yıldırım adds a loss to his record at 21-2.