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David Diaz Notes

BETTER THAN 3 ½-1 ‘DOG
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMP (wbc)
Other lightweight champs: WBA& IBF- Nate Campbell; WBO- Joel Casamayor
36 FIGHTS HAVE LASTED 215 ROUNDS AND AVERAGED 6.0 ROUNDS
HAS 17 KO’S IN 36 FIGHTS (47%)
HAS 2 FIRST ROUND KO’S
KO’S BY ROUND-1ST-2; 2ND-2; 3RD-4; 4TH-3; 6TH-3; 9TH-1; 10TH-2
HAS 3 KO’S PAST THE 6TH ROUND (10 fights past 6th)

3/15/08 W 10 (maj) RAMON MONTANO (landed 38% of his 71 punches thrown per round. Threw just 45 jabs among his 710 punches, landing 39% (260 of 665) of his power shots. Montano landed 193 of 828 (23%) total punches. Scoring: 99-91 D; 97-93 D; 95-95.)

8/4/07 W 12 ERIK MORALES (Chicago homecoming for Diaz. Dropped for flash knockdown in 1st by Morales. Landed 22% of his 61 punches thrown per round. Had a 146-105 edge in power punches landed, scoring with the harder shots all night. Morales fought in spurts, averaging just 49 punches thrown per round. Scoring: 114-113 D; 115-113 D; 115-112 D.)

8/12/06 KO 10 JOSE SANTA CRUZ (for interim lightweight title. Outlanded 284-129 by Santa Cruz before end came at 2:26 of 10th. Diaz landed just 23% of his 57 punches thrown per round. Diaz avg’d just 10 jabs thrown per round, landing 11%. That means 469 of his 566 total punches were power shots. Cruz threw 936 total punches, landing 30%. Scoring thru 9: 88-83 Cruz; 88-83 Cruz; 87-84 Cruz.)

2/4/05 KO by 8 KENDALL HOLT (only loss of career. Knocked down and cut over right eye in 1st round. Dropped Holt with two right hands in 7th . Holt regrouped to batter Diaz, who never went down, in 8th round, before fight was stopped at 2:26 of 8th. Scoring thru 7: 68-63 Holt 2x and 67-64 H.)

9/13/03 W 8 JAUQUIN GALLARDO (outlanded the 14-1-1 Gallardo 150-119, landing 40% of his 47 punches per round. Of his 150 total connects, 147 were power shots, landing 42%.)