On June 16, 2000, a 34-year-old David Kamau (30-3, 22 KOs) and a 22-year-old Mexican boxer Antonio Margarito (21-3, 13 KOs) met in the ring in a welterweight bout.
Kamau came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 22 days. Margarito was on a 12-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 28 days.
Antonio Margarito stopped David Kamau via TKO in the 2nd round. Margarito improves his record to 22-3 (14 KOs), while Kamau adds a loss to his record at 30-4.
On February 6, 1999, a 33-year-old David Kamau (28-2, 21 KOs) and Danny Perez met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Kamau came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 7 months, and 23 days.
David Kamau lost to Danny Perez via majority decision in the 8-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 28-3.
On June 14, 1997, a 31-year-old David Kamau (28-1, 21 KOs) got a shot at the welterweight WBC title held by 24-year-old American boxer Oscar De La Hoya (24-0, 20 KOs).
Kamau came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 5 days. De La Hoya was on a 24-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 2 days.
Oscar De La Hoya made very easy work of David Kamau, stopping the challenger via KO in the 2nd. De La Hoya improves his record to 25-0 (21 KOs), while Kamau adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On September 16, 1995, a 30-year-old David Kamau (26-0, 20 KOs) got a shot at the super-lightweight WBC title held by 33-year-old Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez (94-1-1, 78 KOs).
Kamau came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 15 days. Chávez was on a 5-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 18 days.
Julio César Chávez defeated David Kamau via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-lightweight title. Chávez improves his record to 95-1-1, while Kamau adds a loss to his record at 26-1.