On April 7, 2007, a 29-year-old Diego Corrales (40-4, 33 KOs) and a 29-year-old Ghanaian boxer Joshua Clottey (30-2, 20 KOs) met in the ring.
Corrales came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months. Clottey was on a -1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 5 days.
Joshua Clottey defeated Diego Corrales via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Clottey improves his record to 31-2, while Corrales adds a loss to his record at 40-5.
On October 7, 2006, Diego Corrales and Joel Casamayor met again in a rematch.
Corrales came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 29 days. Casamayor was on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months.
Joel Casamayor defeated Diego Corrales via split decision in the rematch. Casamayor improves his record to 34-3-1, while Corrales adds a loss to his record at 40-4.
On October 8, 2005, a 28-year-old Diego Corrales (40-2, 33 KOs) and a 31-year-old Mexican boxer Jose Luis Castillo (52-7-1, 46 KOs) met in the ring.
Corrales came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day. Castillo was on a -1-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 1 day.
In the rematch, José Luis Castillo stopped Diego Corrales via KO in the 4th round. Castillo improves his record to 53-7-1 (47 KOs), while Corrales adds a loss to his record at 40-3.
On October 4, 2003, a 26-year-old Diego Corrales (37-1, 31 KOs) and a 32-year-old Cuban boxer Joel Casamayor (29-1, 18 KOs) met in the ring in a super-featherweight bout.
Corrales came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 14 days. Casamayor was on a 3-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 9 days.
Joel Casamayor stopped Diego Corrales via TKO in the 6th round. Casamayor improves his record to 30-1 (19 KOs), while Corrales adds a loss to his record at 37-2.
On January 20, 2001, a 23-year-old Diego Corrales (33-0, 27 KOs) got a shot at the super-featherweight WBC title held by 23-year-old Floyd Mayweather Jr. (24-0, 18 KOs).
Corrales came in to the fight on a 33-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. Mayweather Jr. was on a 24-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 30 days.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. stopped Diego Corrales via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-featherweight title. Mayweather Jr. improves his record to 25-0 (19 KOs), while Corrales adds a loss to his record at 33-1.