Derrick Gainer

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Derrick "Smoke" Gainer (born August 22, 1972 in Pensacola, Florida) is a US born boxer in the featherweight division. He defeated, in controversial fashion, Freddie Norwood to win the IBF title in 2000 and after four defenses lost his belt to Juan Manuel Marquez via technical decision in 2003. Since his defeat to Marquez, Gainer lost in a challenge to WBA titleholder Chris John via unanimous decision. Smoke is also a colleague of boxing legend Roy Jones Jr..

Preceded by:
Freddie Norwood		 WBA Featherweight Champion
9 Sep 2000– 1 Nov 2003		 Succeeded by:
Juan Manuel Marquez

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