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

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who challenged for the unified WBC,

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, and ''The Ring''

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titles in 2017. As an

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he won a gold medal at the

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and bronze at the

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Amateur career

The aggressive Southpaw brawler participated in the

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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. At the PanAm Games 2007 he lost the quarterfinal 12:13 to

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. 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

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

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won a bronze in Los Angeles in 1984.

Olympic games results

2004 (as a lightweight) *Lost to Serik Yeleuov (Kazakhstan) 28-16 2008 (as a Light welterweight) *Defeated Eduard Hambardzumyan (Armenia) 11-4 *Defeated John Joe Joyce (Ireland) 11-11 *Defeated Morteza Sepahvand (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

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(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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