Derrick Gainer

Derrick "Smoke" Gainer (born August 22, 1972) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2012. He held the WBA featherweight title from 2000 to 2003.

Professional career Gainer is a colleague and friend of fellow Pensacola, Florida native Roy Jones Jr., and often fought on his under-cards.

Featherweight champion

In 2000, Gainer defeated Freddie Norwood to win the WBA featherweight title and after four defenses lost to Juan Manuel Márquez, who became super champion, via technical decision in 2003.

Post title Since his defeat to Marquez, Gainer lost in a challenge to WBA titleholder Chris John via unanimous decision.

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.

Professional boxing record 51 Win 43–7–1

5 (10) ? 29 Sep 2012

50 Win 42–7–1

6 N/a 28 Aug 2010

49 Win 41–7–1

SD 10 N/a 14 Jul 2007

48 Win 40–7–1

SD 12 N/a 12 Aug 2006

47 Loss 39–7–1

12 N/a 22 Apr 2005

46 Loss 39–6–1

7 (12) 2:37 1 Nov 2003

45 Win 39–5–1

SD 12 N/a 12 Apr 2003

44 Draw 38–5–1

2 (12) 2:13 24 Aug 2002

43 Win 38–5

TKO 2 (10) ? 17 May 2001

42 Win 37–5

UD 12 N/a 24 Feb 2001

41 Win 36–5

11 (12) 1:56 9 Sep 2000

40 Win 35–5

KO 8 (12) 2:56 15 Jul 2000

39 Win 34–5

UD 10 N/a 13 May 2000

38 Loss 33–5

TKO 3 (12) 1:50 18 Mar 2000

37 Win 33–4

UD 10 N/a 19 Nov 1999

36 Win 32–4

TKO 5 (10) 0:56 15 Oct 1999

35 Win 31–4

TKO 1 (10) ? 10 Sep 1999

34 Win 30–4

KO 2 (10) ? 20 Aug 1999

33 Win 29–4

UD 10 N/a 30 Jul 1999

32 Win 28–4

TKO 6 (12) 2:51 5 Jun 1999

31 Win 27–4

UD 12 N/a 9 Jan 1999

30 Win 26–4

TKO 6 (10) ? 14 Nov 1998

29 Win 25–4

UD 10 N/a 18 Aug 1998

28 Win 24–4

UD 10 N/a 18 Jul 1998

27 Win 23–4

TKO 5 (10) 0:56 9 Jun 1998

26 Win 22–4

KO 3 (10) 1:02 25 Apr 1998

25 Win 21–4

KO 9 (12) 1:20 7 Aug 1997

24 Win 20–4

TKO 12 (12) ? 21 Mar 1997

23 Win 19–4

TKO 2 (10) 1:32 22 Nov 1996

22 Win 18–4

TKO 2 (12) ? 4 Oct 1996

21 Loss 17–4

KO 8 (12) 2:16 15 Jun 1996

20 Win 17–3

TKO 6 (10) ? 9 May 1996

19 Win 16–3

TKO 10 (10) ? 12 Jan 1996

18 Win 15–3

KO 5 (12) ? 30 Sep 1995

17 Win 14–3

UD 12 N/a 24 Jun 1995

16 Win 13–3

TKO 2 (8) ? 18 Mar 1995

15 Loss 12–3

UD 10 N/a 18 Nov 1994

14 Loss 12–2

UD 10 N/a 5 Oct 1994

13 Win 12–1

UD 6 N/a 20 Sep 1994

12 Win 11–1

UD 8 N/a 27 May 1994

11 Win 10–1

TKO 1 (10) 2:31 22 Mar 1994

10 Win 9–1

UD 12 N/a 30 Nov 1993

9 Win 8–1

SD 6 N/a 10 Jan 1993

8 Win 7–1

KO 1 (6) ? 30 Jun 1992

7 Win 6–1

TKO 3 (4) ? 2 Apr 1992

6 Win 5–1

UD 6 N/a 17 Dec 1991

5 Win 4–1

TKO 4 (?) ? 31 Aug 1991

4 Win 3–1

TKO 1 (4) ? 3 Aug 1991

3 Loss 2–1

SD 6 N/a 8 Nov 1990

2 Win 2–0

SD 4 N/a 25 Sep 1990

1 Win 1–0

TKO 1 (4) 2:08 14 Jul 1990