Joel Diaz: record, next fight and profile →
Joel Diaz joins BoxingScene ahead of Luka Plantic’s WBC interim super-middleweight title challenge against Lester Martinez, discussing Plantic’s mindset, his knockout-only game plan and what fans can expect on fight night.
FORT WORTH, Texas – When veteran trainer Joel Diaz talks boxing, it’s worth listening. When his title-fight trainer, Jimmy Montoya, has something to say, Diaz himself stops in his tracks.
It’s come full circle for trainer Joel Diaz at his accomplished gym, from the burst of seeing the amazing talent of a young Terence Crawford, to the plotting of Crawford’s demise with Israil Madrimov.
When Tyson Fury and Oleksander Usyk square off on Saturday, it will not just be for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world, it will also be for riches beyond the dreams of most people.
Angel ‘Tito’ Acosta never gave a second thought as to who he would have to face in his quest to become a two-division champion. The only question was who the right fit would be to coach him to that point.
The predictions are in from around the boxing world and the expert group that was polled is nearly split 50-50, but overall gives eight-division champion Senator Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao a slight edge over WBA Welterweight World Champion Keith "One Time" Thurman ahead of their Premier Boxing Champions on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View main event this Saturday from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Joel Diaz delivered a message Thursday to anyone that thinks Lucas Matthysse made this long, transpacific trip simply for the money. Matthysse’s trainer reminded such skeptics that there will be as much at stake for the defending WBA world welterweight champion as there is for Manny Pacquiao when they meet Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao has no problems or face any distractions in his training routine in Malaysia for the 'Fight of Champions', this Sunday [Saturday in the United States].
WBA "regular" welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse is a week away from the biggest fight of his entire career, when he faces eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao at Axiata Arena in Malaysia on July 15 [July 14 in America].