On December 7, 2001, a 24-year-old Augie Sanchez (28-1, 25 KOs) and John Michael Johnson met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Sanchez came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 26 days.
Augie Sanchez lost to John Michael Johnson via KO in the 1st round, and adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On August 19, 2000, a 22-year-old Augie Sanchez (26-0, 23 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBO title held by 26-year-old British boxer Naseem Hamed (34-0, 30 KOs).
Sanchez came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. Hamed was on a 34-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Naseem Hamed stopped Augie Sanchez via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO featherweight title. Hamed improves his record to 35-0 (31 KOs), while Sanchez adds a loss to his record at 26-1.