On November 25, 2023, Héctor García (16-1, 10 KOs), the super-featherweight WBA champion, defends his title against the reigning WBA super-featherweight champion Lamont Roach Jr. (23-1-1, 9 KOs).
Héctor García is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 58% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round RTD loss to Gervonta Davis, 10 months and 18 days ago. Lamont Roach Jr. is on a 4-fight win streak with a 36% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Angel Rodriguez, 1 year, 4 months, and 9 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.9-1.1 in favor of Lamont Roach Jr. Héctor García won't be able to do much against Roach Jr.
Lamont Roach Jr. defeated Héctor Luis García via split decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Roach Jr. improves his record to 24-1-1, while García adds a loss to his record at 16-2.