Diego Corrales is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on August 25, 1977 in South Carolina, United States. The late fighter known as Chico was awarded four championship belts in the Lightweight and Super Featherweight classes.
The fighter suffered his first professional defeat at the hands of He suffered his first career loss at the hands of Floyd Mayweather on January 20, 2001. on the 20th of January 2001.
Corrales compiled an amateur boxing record of 105-12. In 1994, he took second place at the United States Amateur Championships, losing to Frankie Carmona on points in the featherweight final. He reached the first round of the featherweight bracket at the 1995 Pan American Games, losing to Arnaldo Mesa. At the 1995 World Championships, he lost out on a medal after losing to Marco Rudolph in the lightweight bracket.
On January 20, 2001, Corrales challenged Ring No. 2 ranked Super Featherweight and #7 Pound-For-Pound Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the WBC super featherweight title and recorded his first knockdown and first loss. In the bout, Mayweather knocked down Corrales five times (three times in the seventh round and twice in the tenth). After the fifth knockdown, Corrales’ corner stopped the fight, despite Corrales’ protests.
His wife was Maria Corrales at the time when he died.
