José Antonio Díaz (born June 13, 1976) is a Mexican professional
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
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. He's the former International Boxing Association
light welterweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
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and
WBO
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Latino
light middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the Intern ...
champion. Antonio is the brother of boxing trainer
Joel Díaz and former
IBF lightweight
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Boxing Professional boxing
The lightweight division is over 130 pounds (59 kilograms) and up to 135 pounds (61.2 kilograms) boxing weight classes, weight class in the spor ...
champion
Julio Díaz.
Professional career
Among his 11 title defenses, Díaz holds wins over champions like
Cory Spinks
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,
Ivan Robinson,
Micky Ward
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,
Ahmed Santos, and Omar Gabriel Weis. His only losses have been to
Juan Lazcano,
Victor Ortiz
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,
Shane Mosley
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and
Antonio Margarito
Antonio Margarito Montiel (born March 18, 1978) is a Mexican-American former professional boxer and cheater who competed between 1994 and 2017. He held multiple welterweight world championships, including the WBO title from 2002 to 2007, the ...
.
See also
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List of boxing families
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People from Jiquilpan, Michoacán
Boxers from Michoacán
Light-middleweight boxers
Welterweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
1976 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
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