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Odds of winning the 1992 Light Weight World Championship Tournament
3-1 Miguel Gonzales WBC
4-1 Joey Gamache WBA
5-1 Tony Lopez
6-1 Fred Pendleton IBF
7-1 Jorge Paez
8-1 Tracy Spann
8-1 Sharmba Mitchell
8-1 Darryl Tyson
10-1 Rafael Ruelas
12-1 Sergei Artemiev
15-1 Todd Foster
15-1 Giovanni Parisi WBO
Since Pernell Whitaker’s last defense of the Light Weight World Championship against Jorge Paez in October of 1991, the light weights have been scrambling unsuccessfully to replace him as the best in the division. So far no one has emerged as head and shoulders above the rest, hence all 12 fighters in the tournament being at odds of 15-1 or less to win it all, with nine of those at odds at or better than 10-1.
With Pernell Whitaker having recently vacated the the WBC, IBF, and WBA belts, all of them are still vacant. However, the top contender in each of those sanctioning body rankings has been given a BYE in the tournament’s first round, the same as if they were recognized by that organization as the Champion. Those 4 are Giovanni Parisi WBO, Miguel Gonzalez WBC, Fred Pendleton IBF, and Joey Gamache WBA.