Oscar Duarte: record, next fight and profile →
Joseph Diaz received a gift at Thursday’s press conference – something he hasn’t seen on the scorecards lately. It was a red hat that read ‘WAR,’ similar to the one worn by Marvin Hagler years ago. It was a gift from his manager, Rick Mirigian.
Oscar Duarte vs. Joseph Diaz Could Steal The Show In Fresno, Predicts Garcia
JoJo Diaz Hoping Career Revival Starts Against Duarte
Joseph Diaz Jr. will face Oscar Duarte in a lightweight crossroads fight on the undercard of a Jose Ramirez-headlined show at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, on April 27.
At Thursday's Los Angeles press conference for the April 20 Devin Haney-Ryan Garcia fight, Oscar De La Hoya said the bout would prove even bigger than Garcia's 2023 matchup with Gervonta Davis.
Devin Haney dismissed Ryan Garcia as a fighter who hasn’t improved since their days as amateurs. The true test comes on April 20, when they fight for the first time as professionals, at the Barclays Center in New York.
Devin Haney wants to know what Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Ryan Garcia discussed on their jog in early January, when negotiations between Haney and Garcia collapsed.
Ryan Garcia and Derrick James seemed to gel quickly in their first fight together. The lone exception was the fighter’s odd use of the Philly shell defense in his eventual eighth-round knockout of Mexico’s Oscar Duarte. Among the different looks and techniques that came with Saturday’s win at the Toyota Center in Houston, that part will likely no longer remain in the rotation.
Boxing always needs stars. It might need stars more than it needs great fighters. Stars put butts in the seats, generate press, and drive the most important question in boxing: what’s next? When fans are asking that question, when they care, especially the kind of fans who can only name a handful of boxers at any given time, boxing has someone to build on.