Diego Corrales
"Chico"
- Born
- 1977
- Died
- 2007
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1996–2007
Won one of the greatest comeback fights ever against Castillo.
Titles & Honours
- IBF Super Featherweight Champion
- WBC & WBO Lightweight Champion
Career Timeline
1996–2007- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Everett Barry · W TKO
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Hector Arroyo · TKO. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Joel Casamayor
W SD · Foxwoods Resort Casino , Ledyard, Connecticut , U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Signature fight
vs José Luis Castillo
W TKO · Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.. Archive selection: one of the first three wins over distinct fighters profiled here, not an expert-selected signature fight.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Joshua Clottey · L UD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Title wins · dates not yet documented
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
1 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-03-19 | W | Everett Barry | TKO | 3 | Club Rio, Tempe, Arizona , U.S. |
| 1996-03-28 | W | Enrique Beltran | UD | 4 | Celebrity Theatre , Phoenix, Arizona , U.S. |
| 1996-05-30 | W | Victor Manuel Mendoza | TKO | 3 | Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| 1996-06-07 | W | Ciro Canales | UD | 4 | Caesars Palace , Paradise, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1996-06-27 | W | Lorenzo Raul Chaires | KO | 1 | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| 1996-08-17 | W | Cesar Morales | TKO | 2 | Sports Stadium , Albuquerque, New Mexico , U.S. |
| 1996-09-13 | W | Murphy Hughes | KO | 1 | Knapp Center , Des Moines, Iowa , U.S. |
| 1996-10-11 | W | Sergio Macias | TKO | 4 | Texas Station , North Las Vegas, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1996-11-29 | W | Juan Santos | TKO | 1 | Tijuana , Mexico |
| 1996-12-13 | W | Mario Gonzalez | KO | 1 | Tecate , Mexico |
| 1996-12-16 | W | Julian Vasquez | KO | 1 | Tijuana, Mexico |
| 1997-01-13 | W | Salvador Montes | KO | 1 | Great Western Forum , Inglewood, California , U.S. |
| 1997-03-14 | W | Idelfonso Bernal | TKO | 2 | Veterans Memorial Coliseum , Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| 1997-04-04 | W | Steve Quinonez | TKO | 4 | The Orleans , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1997-05-09 | W | Javier Pichardo | KO | 2 | The Orleans, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1997-07-11 | W | Manny Castillo | TKO | 11 | Memorial Auditorium , Sacramento, California , U.S. |
| 1997-08-22 | W | Isagani Pumar | KO | 4 | Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| 1997-10-18 | W | Juan Angel Macias | KO | 6 | Star of the Desert Arena , Primm, Nevada , U.S. |
| 1997-12-04 | W | Angel Aldama | UD | 10 | Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| 1998-04-18 | W | Juan Carlos Salazar | KO | 1 | Grand Olympic Auditorium , Los Angeles , California, U.S. |
| 1998-05-30 | W | Eduardo Contreras | KO | 2 | Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1998-07-05 | W | Benito Rodriguez | TD | 7 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino , Indio, California , U.S. |
| 1998-08-15 | W | Rafael Morfin | TKO | 2 | Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 1998-09-12 | W | Benito Rodriguez | KO | 6 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S. |
| 1998-11-20 | W | Hector Arroyo | TKO | 5 | The Orleans, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1998-12-18 | W | Gairy St. Clair | UD | 12 | Yosemite Hall, Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| 1999-04-02 | W | Claudio Victor Martinet | TKO | 5 | Convention Center, Chattanooga, Tennessee , U.S. |
| 1999-06-12 | W | Angel Aldama | RTD | 4 | Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, California, U.S. |
| 1999-10-23 | W | Robert Garcia | TKO | 7 | MGM Grand Garden Arena , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 1999-12-04 | W | John Brown | UD | 12 | Chinook Winds Casino , Lincoln City, Oregon , U.S. |
| 2000-03-18 | W | Derrick Gainer | TKO | 3 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2000-06-17 | W | Justin Juuko | KO | 10 | Staples Center , Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| 2000-09-02 | W | Angel Manfredy | TKO | 3 | Don Haskins Center , El Paso, Texas , U.S. |
| 2001-01-20 | L | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | TKO | 10 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2003-01-25 | W | Michael Davis | TKO | 5 | Bally's Park Place , Atlantic City, New Jersey , U.S. |
| 2003-02-22 | W | Roque Cassiani | RTD | 1 | The Pyramid , Memphis, Tennessee , U.S. |
| 2003-04-24 | W | Felix St Kitts | TKO | 3 | Grand Casino , Gulfport, Mississippi , U.S. |
| 2003-06-20 | W | Damian Fuller | KO | 3 | Home Depot Center , Carson, California , U.S. |
| 2003-10-04 | L | Joel Casamayor | TKO | 6 | Mandalay Bay Events Center , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2004-03-06 | W | Joel Casamayor | SD | 12 | Foxwoods Resort Casino , Ledyard, Connecticut , U.S. |
| 2004-08-07 | W | Acelino Freitas | TKO | 10 | Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S. |
| 2005-05-07 | W | José Luis Castillo | TKO | 10 | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2005-10-08 | L | Jose Luis Castillo | KO | 4 | Thomas & Mack Center , Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2006-10-07 | L | Joel Casamayor | SD | 12 | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| 2007-04-07 | L | Joshua Clottey | UD | 10 | Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque , Springfield, Missouri , U.S. |
Showing 45 of 45 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-15. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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