Félix Manuel Díaz Guzman (born 10 December 1983) is a Dominican

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who challenged for the unified WBC, WBO, and ''The Ring'' light welterweight titles in 2017. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and bronze at the

2003 Pan American Games The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America. Al ...

Amateur career

The aggressive Southpaw brawler participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Caribbean country. There he lost 28:16 in the first round of the Lightweight (60 kg) division to Kazakhstan's eventual bronze medalist

Serik Yeleuov Serik Samatovich Yeleuov (born 15 December 1980) is a Kazakhstani boxer who won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight (– 60 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the final bout, he defeated Iran's Mohamed Asheri. Yeleuov q ...

. At the PanAm Games 2007 he lost the quarterfinal 12:13 to Inocente Fiss. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics by defeating Myke Carvalho 8:6. In Beijing though, he won all five bouts and after a controversial bout against Vastine, sensationally won Gold against reigning champion Manus Boonjumnong of

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

. It was the nation's second ever Olympic gold after Félix Sánchez in 2004 and the second boxing medal after

Pedro Nolasco Pedro Nolasco (February 2, 1962 – September 15, 1995) was a Dominican boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. This was the first Olympic medal of the Dom ...

won a bronze in Los Angeles in 1984.

Olympic games results

2004 (as a lightweight) *Lost to

(Kazakhstan) 28-16 2008 (as a Light welterweight) *Defeated Eduard Hambardzumyan (Armenia) 11-4 *Defeated John Joe Joyce (Ireland) 11-11 *Defeated

Morteza Sepahvand Morteza Sepahvand ( fa, مرتضی سپهوند , born 7 August 1979) is an Iranian amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at junior welterweight. He was born in Khorramabad. At the 2006 Asian Games he lost to Olympic Gold medalist Ma ...

(Iran) 11-6 *Defeated

Alexis Vastine Alexis Vastine (17 November 1986 – 9 March 2015) was a French boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight division. He also competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the quarterfina ...

(France) 12-10 *Defeated Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 12-4

World amateur championships results

2007 (as a Light welterweight) *Defeated Su Hsiao Ken (Chinese Taipei) RSC 1 *Lost to

Masatsugu Kawachi is a Japanese boxer best known to win Bronze at the 2007 world championships at light welterweight. Career At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he sensationally upset Olympic champion Manus Boonjumnong in the first round before being m ...

(Japan) 14-15 Díaz ended his amateur career with a record of 280-40.

Professional career

He turned pro in 2009. As a professional, he won a

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against Adrian Granados for the

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Central American Boxing Federation title.

Professional boxing record

References

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