Derrick Gainer

This article is about the boxer. For the American football player, see Derrick Gainer (American football).

Derrick Gainer
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Real name	Derrick Emory Gainer
Nickname(s)	Smoke
Rated at	Lightweight
Nationality	American
Born	August 22, 1972 (1972-08-22) (age 39) Pensacola, Florida
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	49
Wins	42
Wins by KO	24
Losses	7

Derrick "Smoke" Gainer (born August 22, 1972, in Pensacola, Florida) is a US born boxer who started out in the featherweight division and now fights in the lightweight division. In 2000, he defeated Freddie Norwood to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title and after four defenses lost to Juan Manuel Márquez, who became super champion, via technical decision in 2003. Since his defeat to Marquez, Gainer lost in a challenge to WBA titleholder Chris John via unanimous decision. Nicknamed "Smoke", he is also a colleague and good friend of Roy Jones Jr..

His last was a split decision win over Carlos Navarro on the undercard of the Roy Jones-Anthony Hanshaw bout at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, in Biloxi, Mississippi.

Preceded by Freddie Norwood	WBA Featherweight Champion September 9, 2000 – November 1, 2003 Lost bid for super title	Succeeded by Chris John Interim champ promoted to regular
		Succeeded by Juan Manuel Marquez as Super champion

External links

• Professional boxing record for Derrick Gainer from BoxRec
• Interview with Fightnews
• DiBella Entertainment article
• Boxing Guru
• Profile
• Scandinavian Site

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Name	Gainer, Derrick
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Short description
Date of birth	August 22, 1972
Place of birth	Pensacola, Florida, United States
Date of death
Place of death