On March 18, 2000, Diego Corrales (30-0, 24 KOs), the super-featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Derrick Gainer (33-4, 21 KOs).
Diego Corrales is coming in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over John Brown, 3 months and 14 days ago. Derrick Gainer is on a 16-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Sergio Rafael Liendo, 3 months and 28 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Diego Corrales at 99-1 winning odds. Derrick Gainer really doesn't have much to present against Corrales.
Diego Corrales made easy work of Derrick Gainer, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 3rd. Corrales improves his record to 31-0 (25 KOs), while Gainer adds a loss to his record at 33-5.