On January 6, 2001, a 25-year-old Robert Garcia (33-2, 24 KOs) got a shot at the super-featherweight WBA title held by 29-year-old Cuban boxer Joel Casamayor (23-0, 14 KOs).
Garcia came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 8 days. Casamayor was on a 23-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 21 days.
Joel Casamayor stopped Robert Garcia via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-featherweight title. Casamayor improves his record to 24-0 (15 KOs), while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 33-3.
On June 3, 2000, a 25-year-old Robert Garcia (32-1, 24 KOs) and a 26-year-old Ghanaian boxer Ben Tackie (19-1, 11 KOs) met in the ring.
Garcia came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 11 days. Tackie was on a 1-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 15 days.
Ben Tackie stopped Roberto Garcia via TKO in the 10th round. Tackie improves his record to 20-1 (12 KOs), while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 32-2.
On October 23, 1999, the 24-year-old IBF super-featherweight world champion, Robert Garcia (32-0, 24 KOs), faced a 22-year-old Diego Corrales (28-0, 23 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Garcia came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 7 days. Corrales was on a 28-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 11 days.
Diego Corrales stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new IBF super-featherweight champion. Corrales improves his record to 29-0 (24 KOs), while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 32-1.