Mayweather Jr vs Corrales

Who won Mayweather Jr vs Corrales?

Floyd Mayweather Jr beat Diego Corrales by technical knockout in the 10th round on Saturday, January 20th, 2001, at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).

This contest was for the WBC super featherweight championship of the world.

Mayweather Jr vs Corrales stats

Back in January 2001, Floyd Mayweather Jr stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 24 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Diego Corrales made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 33 wins and 0 draws.

Floyd Mayweather Jr was the same age as Diego Corrales, at 24 years old.

Corrales had a height advantage of 2 inches over Mayweather Jr. Despite this, he had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Floyd Mayweather Jr and Diego Corrales fought out of an orthodox stance.

Mayweather Jr's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Corrales', having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 1996, 6 months later than Corrales, whose first professional fight was in 1996. He had fought 173 more professional rounds, totaling 403 compared to Corrales' 230.

Mayweather Jr vs Corrales form

Mayweather Jr remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his recent opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Emanuel Augustus on October 21, 2000, by technical knockout in the 9th round at Cobo Hall, Detroit, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Genaro Hernandez on October 3, 1998, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Super Featherweight championship fight at Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, his fight against John Gotti III on August 24, 2024 ended in a no contest at Mexico City, Mexico.

Before that, his contest against John Gotti III on June 11, 2023 ended in a no contest at Sunrise, United States.

His contest against Aaron Chalmers on February 25, 2023 ended in a no contest at o2 Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Mayweather Jr's last 5 fights had come over a period of 22 years, 1 month and 5 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 years, 5 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.4 rounds on average.

What time did Mayweather Jr vs Corrales start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Mayweather Jr vs Corrales?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Mayweather Jr vs Corrales.