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Demarcus Corley (born June 3, 1974), is a boxer from Washington D.C.. He is the former WBO's world Jr. Welterweight champion, and his nickname is Chop Chop. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ...
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The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is one of the sanctioning organizations currently recognizing world boxing champions. ...
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Corley is also a fashion designer who designs his own boxing attire. Brief introduction on the history of fashion design and designers Fashion design is the art dedicated to the creation of wearing apparel and lifestyle. ...
2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ...
Corley started in professional boxing on May 17 of 1996, knocking out Aaron Smith in the first round. His next bout, against Dan Piffer, had the same result. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
After winning six fights in 1996, Corley went up in quality of opposition in 1997, starting out by beating Ruben Aguayo in Phoenix, Arizona, also in the first round. He also won six fights that year. 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Phoenix was incorporated as a city on February 5, 1881. ...
Corley began 1998 by winning four in a row, but then he faced the first setback of his career when he had to settle for a three round technical draw with Dillon Carew. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1999 was an interesting year for Corley. He lost for the first time, when he was beaten by Daniel Lujan by a decision, but later on, he got his first major win, when he beat the future world Jr. Welterweight champion Ener Julio by a decision in 12 rounds to win the United States 140 pound (64 kg) championship. In addition to that, he won three more bouts that year. 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
In 2000, Corley won four fights, but none of them were for the world title. Julio, meanwhile, went on to become the WBO's world champion by defeating Randall Bailey by decision, and then the WBO made Corley their number one Jr. Welterweight contender. This article is about the year 2000. ...
Corley began 2001 by defeating Carew, by a decision in ten, and, after Julio had to vacate the WBO Jr. Welterweight throne because of an injury, Corley was matched with Felix Flores of Puerto Rico for the vacant world title, and he knocked out Flores in the first round, to become world Jr. Welterweight champion. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
After the September 11 Terrorist attacks against Washington, New York and Pennsylvania, Corley, who is trained by a firefighter, began dedicating his fights to the victims of those attacks. The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ...
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Corley began 2002 by beating Julio again, this time with the world title involved, by a twelve round decision. However, those good news soon turned into very bad news: In April of that year, his brother Michael, whom he nicknamed Uncle Ricky, was murdered, and Corley took off one year from boxing while he tried to recover from having his brother killed. 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
On January 4 of 2003, he returned to the ring with a 12 round, title retaining decision over former world champion Bailey. January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Corley lost his WBO world title on July 12 of that year to former IBF world champion Zab Judah by a twelve round split decision. The possibility of fighting the division's other world champion, Kostya Tszyu, in a future were hurt further when he was defeated, on April 22 of 2004 by the former world Jr. Lightweight and Lightweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr, who beat Corley on points over ten rounds. July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ...
The International Boxing Federation, or IBF, is one of many organizations which sanction championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC, WBO, and a dozen or so others. ...
Zab (Super) Judah is a professional boxer in the Junior Welterweight 140 lb (63. ...
Kostya Tszyu (Russian: Костя Цзю) (born September 19, 1969) is a Russia born boxer who is an Australian citizen and two time world junior welterweight champion. ...
April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Corley received an opportunity to recover his WBO world Jr. Welterweight title on February 26, 2005, but he was knocked out in five rounds by champion Miguel Cotto at the Ruben Rodriguez coliseum, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico (see Cotto vs. Corley). February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Miguel Cotto (born October 29, 1980) is a professional boxer from Puerto Rico. ...
Ruben Rodriguez (Born 1948) is a Puerto Rican former basketball player who played 19 seasons in the BSN tournament. ...
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Bayam n (not to be confused with Bayamo, Cuba) is a city in northern Puerto Rico. ...
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His record stands at 28 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw, with 16 wins by knockout. Knockout (K.O.), or simply knock, is a winning criterion of many ring sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and others. ...
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