A day like today, Miguel Lora retained his WBC bantamweight crown

July 25th

1987

Miguel “Happy” Lora, from Colombia, retained his WBC bantamweight crown knocking out Mexican, Antonio Avelar who was a former flyweight Champion, in round four. The fight took place at the Marine Stadium in Miami, Florida. It ended at two minutes and nine seconds of that round. The Referee was Simón de Lima. The Judges were Miguel Donate, Luis Rivera and Ladislao Sánchez.