Real name DeMarcus Deon Corley Rated at Light welterweight Nationality American Name DeMarcus Corley Height 1.73 m Division Light welterweight Stance Southpaw stance | Nickname(s) Chop Chop Reach 70 in (177.8 cm) Wins 42 Role Professional Boxer Martial art Boxing Total fights 68 Draws 1 | |
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Born June 3, 1974 (age 49)
Washington, D.C., U.S. ( 1974-06-03 ) | ||
fight 32 floyd mayweather vs demarcus corley 2004 05 22
DeMarcus Deon "Chop Chop" Corley (born June 3, 1974) is an American professional boxer. He is a former WBO, NABF and USBA light welterweight champion. He also designs his own boxing attire.
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- fight 32 floyd mayweather vs demarcus corley 2004 05 22
- DeMarcus Corley heavy bag work at Mayweather Boxing Club
- Amateur career
- Pro career
- WBO light welterweight champion
- Inactive period and return
- Later career
- References
DeMarcus Corley heavy bag work at Mayweather Boxing Club
Amateur career
Corley was an amateur standout, and won the National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Championship in 1995.
Pro career
Corley began boxing professionally on May 17, 1996, knocking out Aaron Smith in the first round.
WBO light welterweight champion
He would not lose a match until 1999, against Daniel Lujan. Later that year in his 22nd bout with a record of 21 wins 1 defeat (11KO) he faced Ener Julio for the USBA light welterweight title, he won via a 12 round split decision. He later defeated Ener Julio again to defend his WBO light welterweight belt (which he would later lose to future undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah).
Inactive period and return
He took 2002 off from boxing to recover from the murder of his brother. He returned to the ring on January 4, 2003.
In 2006 he fought Junior Witter for the vacant WBC light welterweight championship, losing a wide decision in a very tactical bout.
Later career
After many consecutive losses Demarcus Corley took on Damian Fuller in 2010 and improved his record to 37-13-1 (21 KO's) with a 4th round TKO.
On August 28, 2010 he lost to Marcos Maidana by unanimous decision in a fight in which was disputed, for the WBA light welterweight title.
On November 14, 2010 he lost to Serhiy Fedchenko by unanimous decision in a fight in which was also disputed, for the vacant WBO European light welterweight title. On January 21, 2012 he won the vacant NABF light welterweight title when he defeated Gabriel Bracero by unanimous decision.
He then earned a TKO victory over Paul McCloskey on May 5, 2012.
On September 27, 2013 Demarcus Corley lost against Selcuk Aydin by corner stoppage at the end of round 4.