On August 19, 2006, a 35-year-old Sharmba Mitchell (57-5, 30 KOs) and a 25-year-old Paul Williams (30-0, 22 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Mitchell came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 16 days. Williams was on a 30-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 23 days.
Paul Williams stopped Sharmba Mitchell via KO in the 4th round. Williams improves his record to 31-0 (23 KOs), while Mitchell adds a loss to his record at 57-6.
On November 19, 2005, a 35-year-old Sharmba Mitchell (56-4, 30 KOs) and a 28-year-old Floyd Mayweather Jr. (34-0, 23 KOs) met in the ring.
Mitchell came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 8 days. Mayweather Jr. was on a 34-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. stopped Sharmba Mitchell via TKO in the 6th round. Mayweather Jr. improves his record to 35-0 (24 KOs), while Mitchell adds a loss to his record at 56-5.
On November 6, 2004, Sharmba Mitchell and Kostya Tszyu met again in a rematch.
Mitchell came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 30 days. Tszyu was on a 12-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 9 months, and 18 days.
Kostya Tszyu made easy work of Sharmba Mitchell in the rematch, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Tszyu improves his record to 31-1 (25 KOs), while Mitchell adds a loss to his record at 55-4.
On February 3, 2001, the 30-year-old WBA super-lightweight champion, Sharmba Mitchell (47-2, 28 KOs), and the 31-year-old WBC super-lightweight champion Kostya Tszyu (25-1, 21 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Mitchell came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. Tszyu was on a 7-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 5 days.
Sharmba Mitchell refused to continue the fight in the 7th round, and Kostya Tszyu is crowned the new WBA (Super) super-lightweight world champion. Tszyu improves his record to 26-1 (22 KOs), while Mitchell adds a loss to his record at 47-3.
On June 21, 1994, a 23-year-old Sharmba Mitchell (31-1, 18 KOs) and Stevie Johnston met in the ring.
Mitchell came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 3 days.
Sharmba Mitchell lost to Stevie Johnston via TKO in the 9th round, and adds a loss to his record at 31-2.
On March 18, 1994, a 23-year-old Sharmba Mitchell (31-0, 18 KOs) and Leavander Johnson met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Mitchell came in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 12 days.
Sharmba Mitchell lost to Leavander Johnson via KO in the 8th round, and adds a loss to his record at 31-1.