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 92.5-7.5 in favor of Joel Casamayor. It is going to be very difficult for Diego Corrales to win this fight.
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.