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DIEGO CORRALES SIGNS WITH GARY SHAW PRODUCTIONS

11.01 - DIEGO CORRALES IS BACK AND GARY SHAW PRODUCTIONS HAS HIM!!!

Gary Shaw announced today, the signing of former the IBF jr. lightweight champion, who has won 33 of 34 bouts, to a promotional contract.

"I am ecstatic to have Diego onboard the GSP team," said Shaw. "Diego's manager, James Prince, and I agree that Diego has the talent to win world titles as a lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight and even jr. middleweight. His potential is limitless. Mark my words, in 10 years when the names of great multi-division world champions like Leonard, Hearns and Duran are being discussed, Diego's name will also be included."

Corrales, 33-1 (27 KOs), from Sacramento, CA, breaks a two-year hiatus from the ring, in his jr. welterweight debut, Saturday, January 25, at Bally's Atlantic City Hotel and Casino. His fight, scheduled for 10 rounds, will be televised nationally on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing, 10 P.M. EST / 10 P.M. PST, as part of a two-fight jr. welterwight extravaganza also featuring former WBA super lightweight Sharmba Mitchell in a 12-round IBF elimination bout against Argentine fireball Carlos Vilches, for the vacant No.2 jr. welterweight contender position. The card is a promotion of Gary Shaw Productions, LLC., in association with Budweiser.

The 6'1 Corrales, 25, is a boxing fan's type of fighter and an opponent's worst nightmare. He is the complete package, a hard puncher who throws vicious, accurate punches from all angles. Despite starving himself to make the 130-pound super featherweight limit, Corrales was still capable of explosive endings on a consistent basis as his victory by knockout ratio will attest -- 82%! Just imagine the force behind his punches at lightweight and higher!

Corrales made the most of his mandatory challenge against undefeated IBF jr. lightweight champion Robert Garcia, dethroning the champion via a seventh-round TKO in their slugfest, October 23, 1999. Corrales successfully defended his title three times during the next 12 months, with third round knockouts of Angel Manfredy and Derrick Gainer and a 12-round unanimous decision over John Brown. After vacating the title in anticipation of moving up in weight, Corrales returned to the 130 pound division to challenge WBC super featherweight champion Floyd Mayweather, January 20, 2001. The rigors of making a weight at which he was no longer comfortable left Corrales drained for the fight and he lost by TKO in the 10th round.

Corrales, who has overcome personal problems over the past few years, returns with a new team, which includes Las Vegas-based trainer Kenny Adams, manager James Prince, and a new bride (he got married New Year's Eve).

"I feel very good about everything," said Corrales from his training camp in Las Vegas, NV. "I am looking forward to having an excellent year. Everything in my life is positive these days."

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