On August 6, 2022, a 32-year-old Maurice Hooker (27-2-3, 18 KOs) and a 32-year-old Blair Cobbs (15-1-1, 10 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Hooker came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 17 days. Cobbs was on a -1-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Blair Cobbs defeated Maurice Hooker via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Cobbs improves his record to 16-1-1, while Hooker adds a loss to his record at 27-3-3.
On March 20, 2021, a 31-year-old Maurice Hooker (27-1-3, 18 KOs) and a 22-year-old Vergil Ortiz Jr. (16-0, 16 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Hooker came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 3 months. Ortiz Jr. was on a 16-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 24 days.
Vergil Ortiz Jr. stopped Maurice Hooker via TKO in the 7th round. Ortiz Jr. improves his record to 17-0 (17 KOs), while Hooker adds a loss to his record at 27-2-3.
On July 27, 2019, the 29-year-old WBO super-lightweight champion, Maurice Hooker (26-0-3, 17 KOs), and the 26-year-old WBC super-lightweight champion José Ramírez (24-0, 16 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Hooker came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. Ramírez was on a 24-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 17 days.
José Ramírez stopped Maurice Hooker via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the WBO and WBC super-lightweight titles. Ramírez improves his record to 25-0 (17 KOs), while Hooker adds a loss to his record at 26-1-3.