On June 28, 2019, Richard Commey (28-2, 25 KOs), the lightweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Ray Beltrán (35-8-1, 21 KOs).
Richard Commey is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Isa Chaniev, 4 months and 26 days ago. Ray Beltrán is on a 1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round KO win over Hiroki Okada, 4 months and 18 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Richard Commey at 99-1 winning odds. Ray Beltrán really doesn't have much to present against Commey.
Richard Commey stopped Ray Beltrán via KO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF lightweight title. Commey improves his record to 29-2 (26 KOs), while Beltrán adds a loss to his record at 35-9-1.