Derrick "Smoke" Gainer (born August 22, 1972) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2012. He held the WBA featherweight title from 2000 to 2003.

Derrick Gainer
Statistics
Real name	Derrick Emory Gainer
Nickname(s)	Smoke
Weight(s)	Welterweight
Born	(1972-08-22) August 22, 1972 (age 50) Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	51
Wins	43
Wins by KO	25
Losses	7
Draws	1

Professional career

In 2000, Gainer defeated Freddie Norwood to win the WBA featherweight title and after four defenses lost to Juan Manuel Márquez, who became super champion, via technical decision in 2003.[1][2][3] Since his defeat to Marquez, Gainer lost in a challenge to WBA titleholder Chris John via unanimous decision.[4] Gainer is also a colleague and good friend of fellow Pensacola, Florida native Roy Jones Jr., and often fought on his under-cards.^{[citation needed]}

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.

References

External links

• Boxing record for Derrick Gainer from BoxRec (registration required)
• Interview with Fightnews
• DiBella Entertainment article
• Profile
• Scandinavian site

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