Joel Díaz

Joel Díaz
Joel Díaz
Statistics
Real name	Joel Díaz
Weight(s)	Light Welterweight; Lightweight; Super Featherweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Reach	70 in (180 cm)
Nationality	Mexican
Born	February 18, 1973; Jiquilpan, Michoacán, Mexico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	21
Wins	17
Wins by KO	4
Losses	3
Draws	1
No contests	0

Joel Díaz (born February 18, 1973 in Jiquilpan, Michoacán, Mexico) is a Mexican-American retired professional boxer, who fought in the lightweight division.[1] He is currently considered one of the best trainers in boxing.[2] He is also the brother of Antonio Díaz[3] and former-World Champion Julio Díaz.[4]

Professional career

In August 1992, Díaz beat the former IBF Champion Julio César Borboa.[5]

IBF Lightweight Championship

On October 19, 1996, Joel lost a twelve round decision to undefeated IBF Lightweight champion Philip Holiday in Wembley Indoor Arena, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.[6]

His last bout ever would be a knockout win over the veteran José Luis Montes. This win made Díaz the number one rated contender and mandatory to then WBC Lightweight champion, Stevie Johnston. Due to a detached retina that left him blind from one eye Joel retired from boxing.[7]

Training career

Díaz has worked as a trainer for years. Some of the notable fighters who have trained under Díaz include, Antonio Díaz, Julio Díaz, Timothy Bradley, Abner Mares, Vicente Escobedo, UFC fighter Cub Swanson and Ruslan Provodnikov.[8]

Boxers Trained

Antonio Díaz, former International Boxing Association Light Welterweight and WBO Latino Light Middleweight Champion.
Ruslan Provodnikov, former WBO junior welterweight champion
Julio Díaz, former IBF Lightweight Champion.
Timothy Bradley, former two-time WBC and WBO Light Welterweight and former WBO Welterweight Champion
Abner Mares, former IBF Bantamweight, former WBC Super Bantamweight former WBC Featherweight Champion.
Vicente Escobedo, title contender and Olympic boxer for the U.S. in 2004.
Diego De La Hoya, an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Featherweight division. De la Hoya represented Mexico in international tournaments and was one of the top rated Featherweights in his country.boxer signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.
Omar Figueroa, an undefeated Lightweight boxer signed to Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.
Mike Noriega, Mexicali Baja California Native boxer with a 15 second 1st round TKO World Record holder in the Light Welterweight Division.
Jamie Kavanagh, Irish Lightweight boxer signed to Golden Boy Promotions.
Lucas Matthysse
Francisco Vargas
El Pez Martinez(Mexican boxer)[Juan Carlos Martinez Garcia

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References

External links

Boxing record for Joel Díaz from BoxRec

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[1] ttp://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Joel_Diaz

[2] ttp://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/03/29/trainer-joel-diaz-on-working-with-timothy-bradley/

[3] ttp://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Jose_Antonio_Diaz

[4] ttp://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Julio_Diaz

[5] ttp://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=24859

[6] ttp://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=281219

[7] ttp://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=7733

[8] ttp://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5387138