Diego Corrales

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'''Managers:''' [[Cameron Dunkin]], [[Barrett Silver]] and [[James Prince]] 
'''Trainers:''' [[Ray Woods]], [[Kenny Adams]], [[Joe Goossen]]
 

==Amateur Career==
Corrales compiled an amateur record of 105-12. Some of his highlights were:
*1994 United States Amateur Championships Silver medalist at featherweight
**Lost to [[Frankie Carmona]] on points in the final
*1995 Pan-American Games participant at featherweight, in Mar del Plata, Argentina
**Lost to [[Arnaldo Mesa]] (Cuba) 3-18
*1995 World Championships participant at lightweight, in Berlin, Germany to.
**Lost to [[Marco Rudolph]] (Russia) 5-10

==Death==
Two years to the day from his victory over Castillo in Las Vegas, Corrales died on May 7, 2007 of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Las Vegas, Nevada. Subsequent autopsy toxicology reports indicated that Corrales was legally drunk with a blood alcohol level of 0.25%

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{{Succession box|
before=[[Roberto Garcia]]|
title=[[IBF Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Steve Forbes]]|
years=1999 Oct 23 – 2000 Oct '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Acelino Freitas]] Vacated|
title=[[WBO Super Featherweight Champion]]|
after=[[Mike Anchondo]]|
years=2004 Mar 6 – 2004 '''Vacated'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Acelino Freitas]]|
title=[[WBO Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Acelino Freitas]]|
years=2004 Aug 7 – 2005 '''Stripped'''
}}
{{Succession box|
before=[[Jose Luis Castillo]]|
title=[[WBC Lightweight Champion]]|
after=[[Joel Casamayor]]|
years=2005 May 7 – 2006 Oct 6 '''Stripped (failed to make weight)'''
}}
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[[Category:World Super Featherweight Champions]]
[[Category:World Lightweight Champions]]
[[Category:Two Division World Champions]]
[[Category:American World Champions]]
[[Category:The Ring Magazine Champions]]
[[Category:2007 Deaths]]

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Diego Corrales