Zab Judah vs. DeMarcus Corley was a professional boxing match held on July 12, 2003.^[18]

The bout was held at the The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Orleans Hotel & Casino is located less than two miles from the Las Vegas Strip, at 4500 West Tropicana Avenue. It was covered by The New York Times. Judah's purse was 100,000, while Corley made $150,000 to defend his title.

The bout was televised by HBO and the commentators for the fight were Jim Lampley, Larry Merchant and George Foreman. The referee for the fight was Joe Cortez. It was sanctioned by the Nevada Athletic Commission. Corley officially weighed 139 and 1/2 pounds while Judah weighed 140 pounds. It was on the undercard of the rematch between Vernon Forrest and Ricardo Mayorga. The bout was for the World Boxing Organization light welterweight world title held by Corley. Corley had won the title in 2001 by defeating Felix Flores. Corley had made successful defenses against Ener Julio and Randall Bailey.

The Judah-Corley boxing match was a tactical fight in which both fighters utlilized their strong defenses and southpaw stances to avoid punishment.

Judah scored a 10-8 round in the third when he scored an official knockdown.

Upon further review, it can be noted that Corley was also pushed down after he was punched.

Corley arose on steady legs to close the round strong.

Judah won via split decision.

According to BoxRec, Duane Ford scored the bout 115-113 for Corley, Chuck Giampa had the bout 115-112 for Judah while Michael Pernick had it 115-113 for Judah. According to CompuBox, Judah landed 136 punches to 92 for Corley. However, 101 of the punches landed by Judah were jabs. Corley landed more power punches in the fight.

On April 10, 2004, Judah moved up in weight to face undisputed welterweight champion Cory Spinks. Both men were knocked down and Judah lost a close unanimous decision. Scores for the fight were 114-112 twice and 116-111 for Spinks. On February 5, 2005 Judah had a rematch with Spinks and won by knockout thereby claiming the WBA/IBF/WBC/lineal welterweight championship. Judah lost his last boxing match in 2019 against Cletus Seltin.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. DeMarcus Corley was a professional boxing match held on May 22, 2004. Mayweather won a decision against Corley and went on to become the richest athlete in history. Corley used the Mayweather Boxing Club years after his bout with Mayweather, both as a sparring partner for Floyd Mayweather and to train for other boxing matches. Corley defeated Patrick López on April 4, 2018 at the Eko Hotels and Towers Convention Hall in Lagos, Nigeria for the World Boxing Union light welterweight championship.

Corley was quoted in a 2016 interview on an Internet podcast about a possible rematch with Judah:

Matthew E. O'Neil, Everipedia's #1 ranked editor, reached out to Corley in 2020 and Corley responded:

O'Neil was on episode 18 of the Internet podcast "Split Decisions",an AkHi TV production based out of New York City; he discussed Corley's career at the 1 hour 44th minute of the program. O'Neil was also on episode 26 at the 37th minute of "Split Decisions." He was on a February 2020 episode of The Grueling Truth.^[15] He was interviewed by former professional football coach Mike Goodpaster.

An item on amazon.com labeled "Zab Judah Custom Boxing Corner Man Jacket Fight Worn in his Match" sells for $999.99 in 2020.

Judah last boxed professionally in 2019.

An item on eBay labeled "World Champion DeMarcus Chop Chop Corley autographed Everlast Glove" sells for $39.95 in 2019.

Corley last boxed professionally in 2019.