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Diaz v Diaz for lightweight titles
0 Comments | AFP, October, 2007
CHICAGO (AFP) — It's "Diaz Day" on Saturday, but only one Diaz - Juan or Julio - will emerge from their lightweight unification bout with a world title.
Unbeaten Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz brings a 32-0-0 record, with 16 knockouts, to the fight, along with his World Boxing Association and lightly regarded World Boxing Organization titles.
Julio "The Kid" Diaz (34-3 with 25 KOs) puts his International Boxing Federation title on the line.
"This fight means everything to me," Julio Diaz, 27, said this week. "I have learned a lot from my three losses, and I have improved as a result."
Those defeats have led many to favor 24-year-old Juan Diaz, the Texas-born fighter who turned pro at 16 in Mexico.
He kept his unbeaten record intact with an eighth...
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