May 8, 2007
Diego “Chico” Corrales, who was killed Monday night in a high-speed motorcycle accident, near is home here in Las Vegas. The incident has been ruled an accident due to inexperience with a motorcycle. He had owned the 2007 Suzuki 1000 motorcycle for less than a week. He was only 29.

Corrales and his wife, Michelle, were estranged. They had one daughter together and Michelle was expecting their second child. Corrales also had four other children.

Corrales will go down as one of the most fearless fighters in history, thanks to his stunning 10th-round knockout of Jose Luis Castillo in May 2005. It was a fight in which most ringside observers were astonished that Corrales was even able to get up from two 10th-round knockdowns, let alone come all the way back to stop Castillo in the same round.

He will be missed by the boxing community and the hearts of all Las Vegans go out to his family.