Joseph Diaz
Joseph Pedroza Diaz Jr. ( born November 23, 1992 South El Monte, California) is an American professional boxer, who represented his native country, among others, the boxing tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. First, even accompanied by his father as a manager, was soon after Ralph Heredia, who represents, among other things the Ugandan boxer Sharif Bogere, new manager of the young boxer. It was at this time he also joined, founded by Oscar de la Hoya U.S. Boxstall Golden Boy Promotions.
At the 2012 Olympics still bantamweight, he joined soon after to already in the next higher weight class.
Career
Joseph Diaz was born in 1992 in South El Monte, just a few kilometers east of the city of Los Angeles, and since his early childhood, an avid baseball player. At the age of ten year, Diaz, however, decided to devote more time to the sport of boxing, mainly as it was based, that he should learn to defend themselves. He was trained as early as this time by his father, who accompanied him to his first professional fights as a coach or assistant coach. Through his father, Joseph Diaz Sr., a member of Teamsters ' Local 986 "(Eng. " branch 986 " ) in South El Monte, who works himself to the shipping company Mayflower in a few kilometers south Whittier, he was still at a young age boxing club union accommodated. In the " Teamster 's Youth Boxing Club " the later students of South El Monte High School was continuously celebrate successes, including winning two national championships at an advanced age.
After more than 100 victories in amateur fights and won the U.S. Boxing National Championships in 2010 and 2011 made it the young boxer with four consecutive victories at the Olympic Trials in the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics to a significant success. Since the rules for participation in the Olympic Games boxing tournament had changed, handed the gold medal, which reached Diaz at the Trials, not for a fixed set place in London. So he had to after the success at the Olympic Trials in Mobile, Alabama, nor end of September 2011 during the actual qualifying tournament to grapple the box world championships 2011 in Azerbaijan, with boxers from around the world. The aim was to finish in the top 10 in his weight class, he also managed Scrapping with three wins out of four fights in fifth place; in his weight class were doing a total of 57 different athletes. With just 18 years, he was also the youngest athlete in the entire tournament.
Although he had never denied a pro fight, Diaz took the bantamweight boxing competition of the men at the Olympic Games 2012, and also was able to decide for itself the first round. He won with 19 to 9 points against Ukrainian boxer Pawlo Ishchenko and entered in the next round against the world champion of 2011, the Cuban Lázaro Álvarez, against Joseph Diaz his only fight at the World Championships in Azerbaijan had lost to. As in Baku Diaz could not prevail against the strong southpaw in London and lost with 15:21 on points. While Alvarez was able to advance to the semifinals and was therefore awarded the bronze medal, Diaz resigned from the current competition.
After Olympic Diaz showed his experience gained in amateur fights for the first time in a professional fight to the test. Making its debut on December 15, 2012 at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, he was his first victory as a professional boxer celebrate against the more than ten years older Vicente Alfaro. A few days later he was taken to Golden Boy Promotions, the successful U.S. boxing stable, which can continuously show new champions in its ranks, under contract. The following year, 2013 was followed for the young Southern Californians another seven pro fights, of which he could decide by six knockout for themselves. Previously unbeaten, he completed his doing so far last official pro fight on December 13, 2013 against the Mexican Carlos Rodriguez.