Julio Diaz Boxing News

ORANGE, CA (February 18) With two world titles on his resume and the respect of the boxing world a given, Julio Diaz has already secured his place in the history books. But at 30 years old, “The Kidd” has plenty of fight left in him, and with a third world championship in his [...]

By Peter Wells: This is Paulie Malignaggi’s big chance to erase the first controversial defeat to Juan Diaz, and maybe his last big shot in boxing. Just this August the two fought in a bout most expected Diaz to win quite comfortably, but it was anything but comfortable. And in a very controversial decision Diaz [...]

By Dave Lahr: HBO is reportedly interested in putting together a rematch between light welterweight contender Paulie Malignaggi (26-3, 5 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-2, 17 KO’s), according to the latest boxing news. However, before a fight between the two could be arranged, a number of things would have to be ironed out, such as [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated light welterweight contender Victor Cayo (23-0, 15 KO’s) easily defeated former International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Julio Diaz (36-6, 26 KO’s) by a 10-round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Hollywood, Florida. The final judges’ scores were 97-93, 96-94 and 98-92. Cayo, 24, [...]

By Manuel Perez: In a huge loss for former International Boxing Federation (IBF) lightweight champion Julio Diaz (36-5, 26 KOs), he was defeated by a 5th round TKO by Rolando Reyes (31-4-2, 20 KOs) tonight at the Frank Erwin Center, in Austin, Texas. Diaz, 29, was dropped twice in the 5th round from big [...]

By Chet Mills: Former two-time lightweight champion Julio Diaz (35-4, 26 KOs) was far too much for his over-matched opponent David Torres (20-1, 13 KOs), taking him out in the 5th round of a badly one-sided fight that was scheduled for 10-rounds at the Playboy Mansion, in Beverly Hills, California, on Wednesday night. Diaz, 28, [...]

Former International Boxing Federation lightweight champion Julio Diaz’s (34-4, 25 KOs) busy fighting style was no match for the hard-punching World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Association lightweight champion Juan Diaz (33-0, 17 KOs) who blasted him round after round with multiple combinations until Julio ultimately quit at the beginning of the 9th round on [...]

HBO’s late-night boxing series heats up with a spectacular matchup of two lightweight titleholders when HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: JUAN DIAZ VS. JULIO DIAZ is presented SATURDAY, OCT. 13 at 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT), from the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., just outside Chicago, exclusively on HBO. The HBO Sports team of Bob Papa, [...]