On November 1, 2003, Derrick Gainer (39-5-1, 24 KOs), the featherweight WBA champion, and the featherweight IBF champion Juan Manuel Márquez (41-2, 33 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Derrick Gainer is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Oscar León, 6 months and 20 days ago. Juan Manuel Márquez is on a 12-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round TKO win over Marcos Licona, 2 months and 16 days ago.
The winning odds are at 92.5-7.5 in favor of Juan Manuel Márquez. It is going to be very difficult for Derrick Gainer to win this fight.
Juan Manuel Márquez defeated Derrick Gainer via technical decision and unifies the WBA and IBF featherweight titles. Márquez improves his record to 42-2, while Gainer adds a loss to his record at 39-6-1.