Derrick Gainer

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

Derrick Gainer
File:Gainer pamungkas.jpg
Statistics
Real name	Derrick Emory Gainer
Nickname(s)	Smoke
Rated at	Lightweight
Nationality	American
Born	(1972-08-22) August 22, 1972 Pensacola, Florida
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	50
Wins	43
Wins by KO	25
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

Derrick started a charter high school for at risk kids in 1999 which he named after his late grandmother Dr. Ruby J Gainer. This year Gainer started Fit Nation which is a childhood obesity program with goals to help kids make healthy life style changes. Fit Nation is a non-profit program located in Pensacola, Florida.

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