On March 22, 2008, the 36-year-old The Ring lightweight world champion, Joel Casamayor (35-3-1, 21 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Australian boxer Michael Katsidis (23-0, 20 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 12 days. Katsidis was on a 23-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 1 day.
Joel Casamayor stopped Michael Katsidis via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring lightweight title. Casamayor improves his record to 36-3-1 (22 KOs), while Katsidis adds a loss to his record at 23-1.
On May 21, 2000, a 28-year-old Joel Casamayor (20-0, 12 KOs) got a shot at the WBA super-featherweight title held by Baek Jong-kwon.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day.
Joel Casamayor stopped the champion via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA super-featherweight champion. Casamayor improves his record to 21-0 (13 KOs)
On September 16, 2000, the 29-year-old WBA super-featherweight world champion, Joel Casamayor (22-0, 13 KOs), faced Radford Beasley, in a title defense fight.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 25 days.
Joel Casamayor stopped Radford Beasley via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-featherweight title. Casamayor improves his record to 23-0 (14 KOs)
On January 6, 2001, the 29-year-old WBA super-featherweight world champion, Joel Casamayor (23-0, 14 KOs), faced a 25-year-old American boxer Robert Garcia (33-2, 24 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 23-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 21 days. Garcia was on a 1-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Joel Casamayor stopped Robert Garcia via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-featherweight title. Casamayor improves his record to 24-0 (15 KOs), while Garcia adds a loss to his record at 33-3.
On September 29, 2001, the 30-year-old WBA super-featherweight world champion, Joel Casamayor (25-0, 15 KOs), faced Joe Morales, in a title defense fight.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 24 days.
Joel Casamayor stopped Joe Morales via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA super-featherweight title. Casamayor improves his record to 26-0 (16 KOs)
On October 4, 2003, a 32-year-old Joel Casamayor (29-1, 18 KOs) and a 26-year-old American boxer Diego Corrales (37-1, 31 KOs) met in the ring in a super-featherweight bout.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 9 days. Corrales was on a 4-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 14 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 May 5, 2001, the 29-year-old WBA super-featherweight world champion, Joel Casamayor (24-0, 15 KOs), faced Edwin Santana, in a title defense fight.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 29 days.
Joel Casamayor defeated Edwin Santana via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA super-featherweight title. Casamayor improves his record to 25-0
On October 7, 2006, Joel Casamayor and Diego Corrales met again in a rematch.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months. Corrales was on a -1-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 29 days.
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 November 10, 2007, the 36-year-old The Ring lightweight world champion, Joel Casamayor (34-3-1, 21 KOs), faced José Santa Cruz, in a title defense fight.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 1 month, and 3 days.
Joel Casamayor defeated José Santa Cruz via split decision and successfully defended his The Ring lightweight title. Casamayor improves his record to 35-3-1
On January 12, 2002, the 30-year-old WBA super-featherweight champion, Joel Casamayor (26-0, 16 KOs), and the 26-year-old WBO super-featherweight champion Acelino Freitas (30-0, 29 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Casamayor came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 14 days. Freitas was on a 30-fight win streak with a 96% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 14 days.
Acelino Freitas defeated Joel Casamayor via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO super-featherweight title. Freitas improves his record to 31-0, while Casamayor adds a loss to his record at 26-1.