Joseph Diaz To Face Victor Proa on HBO Latino Card, July 30
By Francisco Salazar
Unbeaten featherweight Joseph Diaz, Jr. will fight fringe contender Victor Proa on July 30, Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Robert Diaz confirmed to BoxingScene.com Friday morning.
The 10 round bout will take place at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif. The bout will precede the main event bout between junior welterweight contender Antonio Orozco and Abner Lopez.
Both fights will air on HBO Latino, beginning at 11:30 p.m. ET.
Diaz (20-0, 11 KOs) scored a one-sided 10 round decision over Jayson Velez in his last bout on March 26 in Oakland, Calif.
Diaz, who grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of South El Monte, is one of Golden Boy Promotions’ top featherweights.
The 23-year-old Diaz is already ranked in the top 10 in three of the major sanctioning bodies.
Proa (28-1-2, 21 KOs) has fought only twice since suffering the only loss of his pro career in November of 2008. Proa was knocked out by Raul Martinez in the first round.
After the loss to Martinez, the 31-year-old from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico knocked out Alfredo Banaga in February of 2010. Proa did not fight again until February 5 of this year, knocking out unheralded Oswaldo Delgado in the first round.
Also scheduled to fight on the Golden Boy Promotions undercard is unbeaten Nick Arce (8-0, 6 KOs).
Francisco A. Salazar has written for Boxingscene.com since September of 2012 and has covered boxing in Southern California and abroad since 2000. Francisco also covers boxing for the Ventura County (CA) Star newspaper, RingTV, and Knockout Nation. He can be reached by email at santio89@yahoo.com or on Twitter at FSalazarBoxing
