Joseph Diaz (Jo Jo) boxer

Joseph Diaz boxer
bouts
35
won
32
lost
2
draw
1
Status
active
Division
super featherweight
Debut
2012-12-15
Height
5′ 6″/168cm
Reach
64″/163cm
Age
26
Born
1992-11-23
Death
-
Nationality
USA

Joseph "JoJo" Pedroza Diaz Jr. (born November 23, 1992) is an American professional boxer who held the WBC interim lightweight title from July 2021 to December 2021. He also held the IBF super featherweight title from 2020 to February 2021 and challenged once for the WBC featherweight title in 2018. At regional level, he held the WBC-NABF, and WBO-NABO featherweight titles between 2015 and 2018. As an amateur he competed at the 2012 Olympics as a bantamweight.Joseph is of Mexican descent. He attended Kranz Intermediate at the age of 12-14. He is left-handed and fights southpaw. As a child he played baseball but took up boxing to learn self-defense. He is coached by his father. He attended South El Monte High School.Prior to the Olympic Trials, he was the two-time reigning national champion at bantamweight that included a win over Antonio Nieves. Diaz became the first American boxer to qualify for the 2012 Olympics by becoming a quarter-finalist at the 2011 World Championships, where he defeated both 2004 Olympic silver medalist Worapoj Petchkoom of Thailand and former world championship bronze medalist Óscar Valdez of Mexico but lost to Lázaro Álvarez. Díaz was the 2011 U.S. National Champion at featherweight at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He fought in the 2010-11 World Series of BoxingAt the 2012 Summer Olympics he beat Pavlo Ishchenko, but ran into Alvarez in his second fight and lost again.Diaz made his professional debut in 2012 against Vincent Alfaro, winning by unanimous decision over four rounds and also scored a knockdown in the fourth. On May 9, 2015, Diaz defeated Giovanni Delgado via unanimous decision on the undercard of the Canelo Álvarez vs James Kirkland fight. He stepped up competition against veteran Rene Alvarado in a fight televised on HBO Latino in July 2015 and on December 18, Diaz Jr. defeated Hugo Partida and earned the WBC-NABF featherweight title. He went on to defend the title multiple times, before challenging Gary Russell Jr. for the WBC featherweight title on May 19, 2018 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Diaz was unsuccessful, losing a unanimous decision to scores of 117–111, 117–111, 115–113.On January 30, 2020, Diaz defeated IBF super featherweight champion Tevin Farmer by unanimous decision with scores of 115–113, 115–113, and 116–112 to claim his first world title. After the fight, Diaz praised his opponent, saying "Tevin Farmer is a hell of a fighter, guys. I thank him for giving me this opportunity."

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2021-12-04 Devin Haney WWWWWW MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2021-07-09 Javier Fortuna WLWWW Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles LOST
Unanimous decision
2021-02-13 Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov WWWWWW Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio DRAW
Majority decision
2020-01-30 Tevin Farmer WWWWW Meridian at Island Gardens, Miami LOST
Unanimous decision
2019-09-21 Jesus Cuadro WWLWLW Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali WIN
Majority decision
2019-05-04 Freddy Fonseca WWWWWW T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2019-02-09 Charles Huerta WWLLWW Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-08-11 Jesus M Rojas WDWWWW The Avalon, Hollywood WIN
Unanimous decision
2018-05-19 Gary Russell Jr WLWWWW MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill LOST
Unanimous decision
2018-02-22 Victor Terrazas WWLWLD Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
KO
2017-09-16 Rafael Rivera WWWWWW T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2017-05-06 Manuel Avila WWWWWW T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2016-12-17 Horacio Garcia WWWLWD Forum, Inglewood WIN
Unanimous decision
2016-09-17 Andrew Cancio WLWLWW AT&T Stadium, Arlington WIN
Technical knockout
2016-07-30 Victor Proa WWWLWW Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
KO
2016-03-26 Jayson Velez WWWDWL Oracle Arena, Oakland WIN
Unanimous decision
2015-12-18 Hugo Partida WWWWLL Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
Technical knockout
2015-10-23 Ruben Tamayo DWWWLL Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
Unanimous decision
2015-07-11 Rene Alvarado WWLWLW Sports Arena, Los Angeles WIN
Unanimous decision
2015-05-09 Giovanni Delgado WLWWLW Minute Maid Park, Houston WIN
Unanimous decision
2015-03-06 Juan Luis Hernandez WWLWWL Belasco Theater, Los Angeles WIN
Technical knockout
2014-12-08 Jose Angel Beranza WLLLLL Cowboys Dance Hall, San Antonio WIN
Unanimous decision
2014-11-13 Roberto Castaneda LLLLWL Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
Corner retirement
2014-09-29 Raul Hidalgo WLWWLW State Farm Arena, Hidalgo WIN
Technical knockout
2014-07-09 Ramiro Robles WWWWWW Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint, Las Vegas WIN
Unanimous decision
2014-04-26 Luis Maldonado WLLLLL StubHub Center, Carson WIN
Unanimous decision
2014-03-08 Jovany Fuentes LWWWLL MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2013-12-13 Carlos Rodriguez WWLLWW Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
Technical knockout
2013-08-24 Noel Mendoza WWWLWL StubHub Center, Carson WIN
KO
2013-07-20 Luis Cosme WWWDLW Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio WIN
KO
2013-06-08 Rigoberto Casillas LWLLLL Home Depot Center, Carson WIN
Corner retirement
2013-05-03 Eric Gotay WWWL The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2013-03-16 Alberto Cupido WLLLWL Grand Oasis Arena, Cancun WIN
Unanimous decision
2013-02-02 Jose Ruiz LWWL The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2012-12-15 Vicente Alfaro Martinez WWWLWL Sports Arena, Los Angeles WIN
Unanimous decision