On December 16, 2023, a 27-year-old Chris Colbert (17-1, 7 KOs) and a 24-year-old Jose Valenzuela (12-2, 8 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a lightweight bout.
Colbert came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 21 days. Valenzuela was on a -2-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 21 days.
In the rematch, Jose Valenzuela stopped Chris Colbert via KO in the 6th round. Valenzuela improves his record to 13-2 (9 KOs), while Colbert adds a loss to his record at 17-2.
On February 26, 2022, a 25-year-old Chris Colbert (16-0, 6 KOs) and a 30-year-old Dominican boxer Héctor García (14-0, 10 KOs) met in the ring.
Colbert came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 23 days. García was on a 14-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 8 days.
Héctor García defeated Chris Colbert via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. García improves his record to 15-0, while Colbert adds a loss to his record at 16-1.