On March 25, 2023, a 36-year-old Richard Commey (30-4-1, 27 KOs) and a 30-year-old American boxer José Ramírez (27-1, 17 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Commey came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 26 days. Ramírez was on a 1-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year and 21 days.
José Ramírez stopped Richard Commey via KO in the 11th round. Ramírez improves his record to 28-1 (18 KOs), while Commey adds a loss to his record at 30-5-1.
On December 11, 2021, a 34-year-old Richard Commey (30-3, 27 KOs) and a 33-year-old Ukrainian boxer Vasiliy Lomachenko (15-2, 11 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Commey came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 28 days. Lomachenko was on a 1-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 15 days.
Vasyl Lomachenko defeated Richard Commey via unanimous decision in the 12-round lightweight fight. Lomachenko improves his record to 16-2, while Commey adds a loss to his record at 30-4.
On December 14, 2019, the 32-year-old IBF lightweight world champion, Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KOs), faced a 22-year-old American boxer Teófimo López (14-0, 11 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Commey came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 16 days. López was on a 14-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Teófimo López made very easy work of Richard Commey, stopping the champion via TKO in the 2nd. López improves his record to 15-0 (12 KOs), while Commey adds a loss to his record at 29-3.
On December 2, 2016, a 29-year-old Richard Commey (24-1, 22 KOs) and Denis Shafikov met in the ring.
Commey came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
Richard Commey lost to Denis Shafikov via split decision in the 12-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 24-2.
On September 9, 2016, 29-year-old Richard Commey (24-0, 22 KOs) and 25-year-old Robert Easter Jr. (17-0, 14 KOs) fought for the vacant IBF lightweight title.
Commey came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 91% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 21 days. Easter Jr. was on a 17-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Robert Easter Jr. defeated Richard Commey via split decision . Easter Jr. improves his record to 18-0, while Commey adds a loss to his record at 24-1.