On June 19, 2004, a 34-year-old Paulie Ayala (35-2, 12 KOs) and a 30-year-old Mexican boxer Marco Antonio Barrera (57-4, 40 KOs) met in the ring.
Ayala came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 32% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 5 days. Barrera was on a -1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 4 days.
Marco Antonio Barrera stopped Paulie Ayala via TKO in the 10th round. Barrera improves his record to 58-4 (41 KOs), while Ayala adds a loss to his record at 35-3.
On November 16, 2002, 32-year-old Paulie Ayala (34-1, 12 KOs) and 26-year-old Érik Morales (41-1, 31 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC featherweight title.
Ayala came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 24 days. Morales was on a -1-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Érik Morales defeated Paulie Ayala via unanimous decision . Morales improves his record to 42-1, while Ayala adds a loss to his record at 34-2.
On August 23, 1998, a 28-year-old Paulie Ayala (25-0, 11 KOs) got a shot at the bantamweight WBC title held by Joichiro Tatsuyoshi.
Ayala came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 7 days.
Paulie Ayala was defending his bantamweight titles and, fighting for the bantamweight WBC titles against Joichiro Tatsuyoshi and lost via technical decision in the 12-round bantamweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 25-1.