Joseph Diaz Jr.'s Olympic dream is straightforward: Make a big impression in the boxing ring, turn professional and then buy his unemployed parents a new house.
It's a lot of pressure to carry on not-so-broad bantamweight shoulders, but the Californian teenager is desperate to pay back his mother and father who in spite of their plight, sacrificed much to help get their son to London.
Diaz' mother, who lost her job as a secretary and only gets part-time work from time to time, sold t-shirts, washed cars and raised money through table tennis tournaments to make sure she, her husband and daughter could be with Joseph, 19, in London.
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It's a lot of pressure to carry on not-so-broad bantamweight shoulders, but the Californian teenager is desperate to pay back his mother and father who in spite of their plight, sacrificed much to help get their son to London.
Diaz' mother, who lost her job as a secretary and only gets part-time work from time to time, sold t-shirts, washed cars and raised money through table tennis tournaments to make sure she, her husband and daughter could be with Joseph, 19, in London.
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