Julio Díaz (born December 24, 1979) is a Mexican former
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 fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
who is a Former IBF Lightweight World Champion the brother of boxing trainer
Joel Díaz and former world champion
Antonio Díaz.
Professional career
Diaz captured the
IBF lightweight interim title with a win over Ricky Quiles in 2006 and then
IBF lightweight title with a knockout win over
Jesús Chávez
Jesús Gabriel Sandoval Chávez (; born November 12, 1972) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 2010. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC super featherweight title from 2003 to 2004, and the IBF ...
in February 2007.
On October 13, 2007, Diaz lost his title to the
Mexican American
Mexican Americans are Americans of full or partial Mexico, Mexican descent. In 2022, Mexican Americans comprised 11.2% of the US population and 58.9% of all Hispanic and Latino Americans. In 2019, 71% of Mexican Americans were born in the Unite ...
Juan Díaz.
Julio Diaz gets back on track at ESPN2's Friday Night Fights card
Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved on 2011-05-09.
After a third round knockout loss to Keith Thurman
Keith Fitzgerald Thurman (born November 23, 1988) is an American professional boxer. He is a former unified welterweight world champion, having held the World Boxing Association, WBA title from 2016 to 2019 (promoted to WBA (Super), Super champio ...
in 2014, Diaz announced his retirement.
Professional boxing record
See also
*List of IBF World Champions
This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion recognized by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and has awarded world champions in 17 different ...
*List of Lightweight Boxing Champions
This is a list of world lightweight boxing champions by organization, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
* The World ...
*List of Boxing Families
This is a list of boxing families with two or more notable boxers. Many families have had multiple members become famous in the sport of boxing, with some having held multiple world titles. While this does not have extensive details, their highe ...
*List of Mexican boxing world champions
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References
External links
Julio Díaz's Official Homepage
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People from Jiquilpan, Michoacán
Boxers from Michoacán
International Boxing Federation champions
Lightweight boxers
1979 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Long stubs with short prose
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