On March 4, 2011, a 41-year-old Freddie Norwood (43-3-1, 23 KOs) and Ray Narh met in the ring.
Norwood came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 7 months, and 4 days.
Freddie Norwood lost to Ray Narh via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 43-4-1.
On May 21, 2008, a 38-year-old Freddie Norwood (42-2-1, 23 KOs) and Johnnie Edwards met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Norwood came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 5 days.
Freddie Norwood lost to Johnnie Edwards via KO in the 7th round, and adds a loss to his record at 42-3-1.
On September 16, 2007, a 37-year-old Freddie Norwood (42-1-1, 23 KOs) and Johnnie Edwards met in the ring.
Norwood came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 19 days.
Freddie Norwood lost to Johnnie Edwards via disqualification in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 42-2-1.
On September 9, 2000, the 30-year-old WBA featherweight world champion, Freddie Norwood (38-0-1, 22 KOs), faced a 28-year-old Derrick Gainer (35-5, 22 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Norwood came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 15 days. Gainer was on a 2-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 25 days.
Derrick Gainer stopped the champion via KO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA featherweight champion. Gainer improves his record to 36-5 (23 KOs), while Norwood adds a loss to his record at 38-1-1.