Julio Diaz: record, next fight and profile →
By Jake Donovan - Ronny Rios had the last laugh in a back-and-forth war with David Rodela, scoring a dramatic ninth round stoppage Saturday evening at Fantasy Springs in Indio, California.
INDIO, CALIF. - An exciting doubleheader is set for this Saturday night at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. featuring a battle between unbeaten Ronny Rios and the exciting "Dangerous" David Rodela in the 10 round junior lightweight main event and former World Champion Julio Diaz's return to the ring to take on Henry Aurad in the 10 round welterweight co-feature on TeleFutura's "Sólo Boxeo Tecate."
INDIO, CA. - The Coachella Valley’s hotbed of world-class boxing action - Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, CA.- will host another exciting night of fistic action on Saturday, July 28 featuring rising star Ronny Rios and former World Champion Julio Diaz in co-featured fights.
For several weeks inside of the Indio Boys and Girls Club in Southern California, former lightweight champion Julio Diaz immersed himself into the training camp of Timothy Bradley, serving as one of the chief sparring partners for the Palm Springs native ahead of his June 9th bout with Manny Pacquiao.
Paul McCloskey, Martin Lindsay and the line-up for the Betfair Prizefighter all-Irish Middleweights are ready for their huge night at the King’s Hall in Belfast on May 5 – and promoter Eddie Hearn said it’s the first of three big nights of boxing in Belfast for Matchroom Sport in 2012.
Junior welterweight Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12KOs) is going to fight former world champion Julio Diaz on the 5th of May. McCloskey's manager Francie McNicholl said the venue needs be to confirmed, but King's Hall was a possibility. McCloskey has not fought since beating Breidis Prescott in September 2011. In April that year, McCloskey lost to Amir Khan on a controversial points decision in Manchester.
Although he suffered a bad cut in his last fight DeMarcus Corley on December 5th in Russia, it still appears that junior welterweight contender Ruslan Provodnikov (20-1, 13KOs) is going forward with a planned bout against former champion Julio Diaz (38-7, 25KOs) on January 27th at the Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. The bout is going to be televised by ESPN as part of their Friday Night Fights series.
Former world champion DeMarcus "Chop-Chop" Corley (37-19-1, 22 KOs) was once again victimized and for the second time in Russia he was held to a rather disputed unanimous decision loss to junior welterweight contender Ruslan Provodnikov (20-1, 13 KOs). It wasn't the outcome of this close fight but the final tallies of the local judges, which confirmed the home-cooked decision of an entertaining twelve-rounder.
Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, California - Big punching junior middleweight Jonathan Gonzalez (13-0, 13KOs), in his toughest fight to date, stopped Rudy Cisneros (12-3, 11KOs) in the seventh round. Gonzalez and Cisneros traded a lot of power punches. After several rounds of big trades, Gonzalez began to wear Cisneros down and started battering him against the ropes. The corner of Cisneros threw in the towel, but he ref's back was turned and he didn't notice the towel until a member of the California State Athletic Commission notified him.
Former IBF Lightweight World Champion Julio "The Kidd" Diaz (38-6, 27 KOs) says he's still got plenty left to give boxing before he retires to run his construction company.