| DeMarcus Corley | |
| Realname: | DeMarcus Deon Corley |
| Nickname: | Chop Chop |
| Weight: | |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in |
| Reach: | 70 in |
| Birth Date: | 3 June 1974 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 87 |
| Wins: | 52 |
| Ko: | 28 |
| Losses: | 34 |
| Draws: | 1 |
DeMarcus Deon Corley (born June 3, 1974) is an American professional boxer. A veteran of the sport for more than two decades, he held the WBO junior welterweight title from 2001 to 2003, and has fought as a gatekeeper against many of boxing's biggest names.[1]
Corley was an amateur standout, and won the National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Championship in 1995. Corley also had a record of 100-19.
Corley began boxing professionally on May 17, 1996, knocking out Aaron Smith in the first round. Corley 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.
In 2001 Corley would stop Felix Flores in the first round to win the WBO light welterweight belt. He would later defeat Ener Julio again to defend his belt.
Corley took 2002 off from boxing to recover from the murder of his brother. This murder left Corley to care for his brother’s 7 children on top of the 7 children he already had. He returned to the ring on January 4, 2003.
After the Bernard Hopkins vs. Morrade Hakkar bout in Philadelphia in March 2003, Corley was involved in a brawl at a bar with former light welterweight champion Zab Judah which had to be broken up by the police[2]
On the undercard of the rematch between Ricardo Mayorga and Vernon Forrest in July, Corley and Judah met in the ring. Corley was dropped by a looping left from Judah in the third round. He would work himself back into the bout during the middle rounds but Judah was able to control most of the fight by jabbing and moving and making Corley miss with his best punches.
At the end of 12 rounds judge Duane Ford, scored it 115–112 for Corley while judges Chuck Giampa and Michael Pernik, scored it 115–112 for Judah, giving him a split decision victory. HBO's unofficial scorer Harold Lederman had it 116–111 for Judah.[3]
See main article: Miguel Cotto vs. DeMarcus Corley. In February 2005 Corley attempted to win back his WBO belt against Miguel Cotto, losing by 5th round TKO.
In 2006 Corley fought Junior Witter for the vacant WBC light welterweight championship, losing a wide decision in a very tactical bout.
After many consecutive losses, Corley took on Damian Fuller in 2010 and improved his record to 37-13-1 (21 KOs) with a 4th-round TKO.
On August 28, 2010, Corley lost to Marcos Maidana by unanimous decision in a fight in which was disputed, for the WBA light welterweight title.
On November 14, 2010, Corley 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, Corley won the vacant NABF light welterweight title when he defeated Gabriel Bracero by unanimous decision.
On March 19, 2021, Corley fought Reggie Barnett Jr in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. He lost the fight via retirement after the fourth round.[4]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Loss | 52–35–1 | Jon Bryant | MD | 6 | May 5, 2023 | |||
| 87 | Loss | 52–34–1 | Derrick Murray | RTD | 4 (6), | Oct 29, 2022 | |||
| 86 | Win | 52–33–1 | Lenwood Dozier | UD | 6 | Oct 29, 2021 | |||
| 85 | Loss | 51–33–1 | Custio Clayton | TKO | 6 (8), | Mar 29, 2019 | |||
| 84 | Loss | 51–32–1 | Mykal Fox | UD | 10 | Aug 18, 2018 | |||
| 83 | Loss | 51–31–1 | Vivian Harris | UD | 12 | Jul 21, 2018 | |||
| 82 | Loss | 51–30–1 | Aik Shakhnazaryan | UD | 10 | Jun 9, 2018 | |||
| 81 | Win | 51–29–1 | Patrick López | UD | 12 | Apr 4, 2018 | |||
| 80 | Loss | 50–29–1 | Hank Lundy | UD | 8 | Feb 10, 2018 | |||
| 79 | Win | 50–28–1 | Ramel Lewis | UD | 8 | Jul 12, 2017 | |||
| 78 | Win | 49–28–1 | Vivian Harris | UD | 10 | May 20, 2017 | |||
| 77 | Loss | 48–28–1 | Jovanie Santiago | UD | 10 | Apr 7, 2017 | |||
| 76 | Win | 48–27–1 | Dexter Gonzales | MD | 12 | Aug 27, 2016 | |||
| 75 | Win | 47–27–1 | Richard Holmes | KO | 7 (10) | Jun 15, 2016 | |||
| 74 | Win | 46–27–1 | Michael Gardener | SD | 7 | Jun 15, 2016 | |||
| 73 | Win | 45–27–1 | Revlon Lake | KO | 1 (5), | May 25, 2016 | |||
| 72 | Loss | 44–27–1 | Adrian Estrella | 12 | Apr 16, 2016 | ||||
| 71 | Win | 44–26–1 | Iwan Azore | UD | 5 | Mar 16, 2016 | |||
| 70 | Win | 43–26–1 | Osama Hadifi | TKO | 6 (8), | Feb 26, 2016 | |||
| 69 | Loss | 42–26–1 | Anthony Yigit | RTD | 3 (8), | Dec 19, 2015 | |||
| 68 | Loss | 42–25–1 | Bahodir Mamadjonov | UD | 8 | Oct 31, 2015 | |||
| 67 | Loss | 42–24–1 | Nery Saguilán | UD | 12 | Aug 22, 2015 | |||
| 66 | Loss | 42–23–1 | Manuel Pérez | RTD | 6 (10), | May 16, 2015 | |||
| 65 | Win | 42–22–1 | Daniel Attah | UD | 10 | Sep 20, 2014 | |||
| 64 | Win | 41–22–1 | Dedrick Bell | KO | 2 (10), | Aug 22, 2014 | |||
| 63 | Loss | 40–22–1 | Franklin Mamani | UD | 10 | Dec 13, 2013 | |||
| 62 | Win | 40–21–1 | Javier Garcia | 7 (8), | Oct 24, 2013 | ||||
| 61 | Loss | 39–21–1 | Selçuk Aydın | RTD | 4 (12), | Sep 27, 2013 | |||
| 60 | Loss | 39–20–1 | Viktor Postol | UD | 12 | Oct 27, 2012 | |||
| 59 | Win | 39–19–1 | Paul McCloskey | TKO | 10 (12), | May 5, 2012 | |||
| 58 | Win | 38–19–1 | Gabriel Bracero | UD | 10 | Jan 21, 2012 | |||
| 57 | Loss | 37–19–1 | Ruslan Provodnikov | UD | 12 | Dec 5, 2011 | |||
| 56 | Loss | 37–18–1 | Thomas Dulorme | UD | 10 | Jun 10, 2011 | |||
| 55 | Loss | 37–17–1 | Andre Gorges | SD | 8 | Mar 29, 2011 | |||
| 54 | Loss | 37–16–1 | Lucas Matthysse | TKO | 8 (12) | Jan 21, 2011 | |||
| 53 | Loss | 37–15–1 | Serhiy Fedchenko | UD | 12 | Nov 13, 2010 | |||
| 52 | Loss | 37–14–1 | Marcos Maidana | UD | 12 | Aug 28, 2010 | |||
| 51 | Win | 37–13–1 | Damian Fuller | TKO | 4 (8), | Jul 10, 2010 | |||
| 50 | Loss | 36–13–1 | Freddy Hernández | KO | 5 (10), | Feb 5, 2010 | |||
| 49 | Loss | 36–12–1 | Fariz Kazimov | SD | 10 | Nov 28, 2009 | |||
| 48 | Win | 36–11–1 | Harrison Cuello | UD | 8 | Sep 26, 2009 | |||
| 47 | Win | 35–11–1 | James Kimori | TKO | 8 (8), | Aug 15, 2009 | |||
| 46 | Win | 34–11–1 | Sidney Siqueira | TKO | 8 (8), | May 9, 2009 | |||
| 45 | Loss | 33–11–1 | Hector Sanchez | UD | 8 | Apr 10, 2009 | |||
| 44 | Win | 33–10–1 | Wilson Enrique Galli | TKO | 7 (10), | Feb 3, 2009 | |||
| 43 | Win | 32–10–1 | Donnell Logan | KO | 1 (8), | Dec 13, 2008 | |||
| 42 | Loss | 31–10–1 | Randall Bailey | UD | 8 | Oct 22, 2008 | |||
| 41 | Loss | 31–9–1 | Ashley Theophane | UD | 8 | Jul 31, 2008 | |||
| 40 | Loss | 31–8–1 | Devon Alexander | UD | 12 | Jan 19, 2008 | |||
| 39 | Loss | 31–7–1 | Dairo Esalas | SD | 8 | Nov 30, 2007 | |||
| 38 | Loss | 31–6–1 | José Alfaro | TKO | 8 (10), | May 12, 2007 | |||
| 37 | Loss | 31–5–1 | Junior Witter | UD | 12 | Sep 15, 2006 | |||
| 36 | Win | 31–4–1 | Johnny Walker | TKO | 9 (10), | Sep 17, 2005 | |||
| 35 | Win | 30–4–1 | Kevin Carter | UD | 8 | Feb 26, 2005 | |||
| 34 | Loss | 29–4–1 | Miguel Cotto | TKO | 5 (12), | Feb 26, 2005 | |||
| 33 | Win | 29–3–1 | Darryl Tyson | UD | 10 | Dec 12, 2004 | |||
| 32 | Loss | 28–3–1 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | UD | 12 | May 22, 2004 | |||
| 31 | Loss | 28–2–1 | Zab Judah | SD | 12 | Jul 12, 2003 | |||
| 30 | Win | 28–1–1 | Randall Bailey | UD | 12 | Jan 4, 2003 | |||
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Ener Julio | UD | 12 | Jan 19, 2002 | |||
| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 | Felix Flores | TKO | 1 (12), | Jun 30, 2001 | |||
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Dillon Carew | UD | 10 | Apr 4, 2001 | |||
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Jerry Smith | TKO | 5 | Apr 22, 2000 | |||
| 25 | Win | 23–1–1 | Salvador Montes | TKO | 3 | Apr 1, 2000 | |||
| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | Sam Miller | TKO | 5 (10), | Mar 3, 2000 | |||
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | Harold Bennett | KO | 1 (8), | Jan 19, 2000 | |||
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Ener Julio | SD | 12 | Sep 24, 1999 | |||
| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Donnie Parker | PTS | 10 | Jun 26, 1999 | |||
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Mike Tidline El | TKO | 7 (10) | Apr 2, 1999 | |||
| 19 | Loss | 17–1–1 | Daniel Lujan | 10 | Mar 20, 1999 | ||||
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Sergio Pena | TKO | 5 | Feb 6, 1999 | |||
| 17 | Draw | 16–0–1 | Dillon Carew | 3 | Dec 5, 1998 | ||||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Miguel Angel Olivares | UD | 10 | Oct 17, 1998 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Gustavo Tapia | TKO | 1 (8), | Aug 28, 1998 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Felix Marti | UD | 8 | May 2, 1998 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Raymond Flores | UD | 6 | Jan 31, 1998 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Ali Muhammad | PTS | 4 | Oct 30, 1997 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Lahtovous Whitted | TKO | 1 | Oct 6, 1997 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Andre Gaddis | TKO | 1 | Aug 31, 1997 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Larry Landry | KO | 2 (6), | Aug 5, 1997 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Mauricio Rodriguez | TKO | 1 | Jun 7, 1997 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Ruben Aguayo | KO | 1 (4), | Jan 25, 1997 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Leon Hinnant | 2 (4), | Nov 14, 1996 | ||||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Antonio Pressley | 4 | Oct 19, 1996 | ||||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Laszlo Komjathi | UD | 4 | Jul 19, 1996 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Claude Staten | 4 | Jul 11, 1996 | ||||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Dan Piffer | TKO | 1 | Jun 27, 1996 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Aaron Smith | 1 (4) | May 17, 1996 |
|-|Loss|align=center|0–1|Reggie Barnett Jr. |TKO (retirement)|Bare Knuckle FC 16||align=center|4|align=center|2:00|Biloxi, Mississippi, United States ||-