Diego Corrales (Chico) was an American professional boxer. He was a two-weightclass world champion with 5 world-title wins. In a career spanning 11 years and 19 days, Corrales amassed a record of 40-5, which includes 33 wins via KO, 5 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2024.
Diego Corrales was born in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. on August 25, 1977. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on March 19, 1996 against Everett Barry. Corrales defeated Barry via 3rd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Corrales became a world champion at the age of 22 after 28 professional fights. He challenged Robert Garcia for the IBF super-featherweight title and stopped the champion in the 7th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the lightweight (WBO, WBC, The Ring) title also to become a two-division world champion.
Corrales' last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Joshua Clottey at age 29, on April 7, 2007.
Some of Diego Corrales' best fights were against Acelino Freitas, José Luis Castillo, Joel Casamayor, Robert Garcia, and Angel Manfredy. For a complete list of Corrales' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Diego Corrales".
Corrales has 5 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Diego Corrales Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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45 | Apr 07, 2007 | 29 | Joshua Clottey 29 30-2 | loss | UD 10 |
44 | Oct 07, 2006 | 29 | Joel Casamayor 35 33-3-1 | loss | SD 12 |
43 | Oct 08, 2005 | 28 | Jose Luis Castillo 31 52-7-1 | loss | KO 4 |
42 | May 07, 2005 | 27 | José Luis Castillo 31 52-6-1 | win | TKO 10 |
41 | Aug 07, 2004 | 26 | Acelino Freitas 28 35-0 | win | TKO 10 |
40 | Mar 06, 2004 | 26 | Joel Casamayor 32 30-1 | win | SD 12 |
39 | Oct 04, 2003 | 26 | Joel Casamayor 32 29-1 | loss | TKO 6 |
38 | Jun 20, 2003 | 25 | Damian Fuller | win | KO 3 |
37 | Apr 24, 2003 | 25 | Felix St Kitts | win | TKO 3 |
36 | Feb 22, 2003 | 25 | Roque Cassiani | win | RTD 1 |
35 | Jan 25, 2003 | 25 | Michael Davis | win | TKO 5 |
34 | Jan 20, 2001 | 23 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. 23 24-0 | loss | TKO 10 |
33 | Sep 02, 2000 | 23 | Angel Manfredy 25 33-4-1 | win | TKO 3 |
32 | Jun 17, 2000 | 22 | Justin Juuko | win | KO 10 |
31 | Mar 18, 2000 | 22 | Derrick Gainer | win | TKO 3 |
30 | Dec 04, 1999 | 22 | John Brown | win | UD 12 |
29 | Oct 23, 1999 | 22 | Robert Garcia 24 32-0 | win | TKO 7 |
28 | Jun 12, 1999 | 21 | Angel Aldama | win | RTD 4 |
27 | Apr 02, 1999 | 21 | Claudio Victor Martinet | win | TKO 5 |
26 | Dec 18, 1998 | 21 | Gairy St. Clair | win | UD 12 |
25 | Nov 20, 1998 | 21 | Hector Arroyo | win | TKO 5 |
24 | Sep 12, 1998 | 21 | Benito Rodriguez | win | KO 6 |
23 | Aug 15, 1998 | 20 | Rafael Morfin | win | TKO 2 |
22 | Jul 05, 1998 | 20 | Benito Rodriguez | win | TD 7 |
21 | May 30, 1998 | 20 | Eduardo Contreras | win | KO 2 |
20 | Apr 18, 1998 | 20 | Juan Carlos Salazar | win | KO 1 |
19 | Dec 04, 1997 | 20 | Angel Aldama | win | UD 10 |
18 | Oct 18, 1997 | 20 | Juan Angel Macias | win | KO 6 |
17 | Aug 22, 1997 | 19 | Isagani Pumar | win | KO 4 |
16 | Jul 11, 1997 | 19 | Manny Castillo | win | TKO 11 |
15 | May 09, 1997 | 19 | Javier Pichardo | win | KO 2 |
14 | Apr 04, 1997 | 19 | Steve Quinonez | win | TKO 4 |
13 | Mar 14, 1997 | 19 | Idelfonso Bernal | win | TKO 2 |
12 | Jan 13, 1997 | 19 | Salvador Montes | win | KO 1 |
11 | Dec 16, 1996 | 19 | Julian Vasquez | win | KO 1 |
10 | Dec 13, 1996 | 19 | Mario Gonzalez | win | KO 1 |
9 | Nov 29, 1996 | 19 | Juan Santos | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Oct 11, 1996 | 19 | Sergio Macias | win | TKO 4 |
7 | Sep 13, 1996 | 19 | Murphy Hughes | win | KO 1 |
6 | Aug 17, 1996 | 18 | Cesar Morales | win | TKO 2 |
5 | Jun 27, 1996 | 18 | Lorenzo Raul Chaires | win | KO 1 |
4 | Jun 07, 1996 | 18 | Ciro Canales | win | UD 4 |
3 | May 30, 1996 | 18 | Victor Manuel Mendoza | win | TKO 3 |
2 | Mar 28, 1996 | 18 | Enrique Beltran | win | UD 4 |
1 | Mar 19, 1996 | 18 | Everett Barry | win | TKO 3 |