On February 26, 2000, a 44-year-old Derrell Coley (34-1-2, 24 KOs) and a 27-year-old Oscar De La Hoya (31-1, 25 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Coley came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 23 days. De La Hoya was on a -1-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Oscar De La Hoya stopped Derrell Coley via KO in the 7th round. De La Hoya improves his record to 32-1 (26 KOs), while Coley adds a loss to his record at 34-2-2.
On August 12, 1995, a 39-year-old Derrell Coley (27-0-2, 19 KOs) and a 23-year-old Oba Carr (35-1, 23 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Coley came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months. Carr was on a 3-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 17 days.
Oba Carr defeated Derrell Coley via split decision in the 12-round welterweight fight. Carr improves his record to 36-1, while Coley adds a loss to his record at 27-1-2.