On October 5, 2024, Nick Ball (20-0-1, 11 KOs), the featherweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against American challenger, Ronny Rios (34-4, 17 KOs).
Nick Ball is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Raymond Ford, 4 months and 4 days ago. Ronny Rios is on a 1-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round KO win over Nicolas Polanco, 5 months and 11 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Nick Ball at 99-1 winning odds. Ronny Rios really doesn't have much to present against Ball.
Nick Ball stopped Ronny Rios via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) featherweight title. Ball improves his record to 21-0-1 (12 KOs), while Rios adds a loss to his record at 34-5.