On October 7, 2006, Diego Corrales (40-3, 33 KOs), the lightweight WBC and The Ring champion, defends his titles against former world champion Joel Casamayor (33-3-1, 21 KOs).
Diego Corrales is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round KO loss to Jose Luis Castillo, 11 months and 29 days ago. Joel Casamayor is on a 2-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round TKO win over Lamont Pearson, 3 months ago.
The winning odds are at 78-22 in favor of Joel Casamayor. It is going to be a competitive fight and Diego Corrales will put up a very good fight, but Casamayor will prevail.
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.