Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. DeMarcus Corley was a professional boxing match that occurred on May 22, 2004 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[17]

It was Mayweather's first bout bout in the 140 pound weight class.

Mayweather's record was 31 wins and 0 losses.“Chop-Chop” Corley came in sporting a record of 28 wins, 2 losses,and a draw.

The Mayweather vs. Corley boxing match was broadcast on HBO. The fight was an eliminator to get to challenge for the World Boxing Council super lightweight world title. The bout was sanctioned by the Nevada Athletic Commission.

Mayweather Jr. defeated Corley with scores of 119-107, 118-108 and 119-108 to win a twelve round unanimous decision.

Corley won one or two rounds on the official scorecards.

Mayweather boxed out of the orthodox stance to pile up points against Corley.

Mayweather was silver medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. CompuBox had Corley attempting 653 punches and landing 157 of them. Mayweather attempted 600 punches, and landed 283 of them. Mayweather knocked down Corley in the 8th and 10th rounds.

Floyd Mayweather had his last boxing match in 2017 in which he tko'd Conor McGregor at the T-Mobile Arena in McGregor's first professional boxing match. Corley boxed on March 29, 2019 in Toronto, Canada and lost in the sixth round.

Corley held the World Boxing Organization light welterweight world championship from 2001 until 2003. Mayweather had his first pay per view fight in 2005 against Arturo Gatti. After defeating Gatti, Mayweather went on to become the richest athlete in history. His wealth has been documented by the The Wall Street Journal and Fortune. Girl Collection and the Mayweather Boxing Club are under the Mayweather Promotions banner.

Matthew E. O'Neil, a top ten editor and reporter for Everipedia, spoke with DeMarcus Corley by phone in 2020. During the interview, Corley praised Mayweather by saying,"Floyd is a smart, tactical boxer and a good businessman". Corley stated he might be competing in a televised professional boxing match on March 7th. That fight did not take place. but he later went on the compete against Reggie Barnett in a bareknuckle boxing match in 2021. Floyd Mayweather Jr. was filmed training at the Mayweather Boxing Club in April 2020.

O'Neil was on episodes 18 and 26 of the Internet podcast "Split Decisions."S Split Decisions is an AkHi TV production based out of New York City. On episode 18 of "Split Decisions" O'Neil spoke the hosts of the show at the 1 hour 44 minute mark at which time they discussed Corley's career. O'Neil was on a February 2020 episode of The Grueling Truth. O'Neil's boxing career was covered by the U.K. company Intuboxing in 2020.^[14] He was also the featured guest on the Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show with Rich Bergeron on June 18, 2020.^[15]

A Floyd Mayweather vs. DeMarcus Corley T-shirt sells for $40.00 on eBay in 2020.