Joseph Diaz Jr. apologized to DAZN and his fans for failing to make weight Friday for what was supposed to be his first title defense Saturday night. The 28-year-old Diaz admitted that he makes mistakes and will try to learn from those missteps movin...
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By Corey Erdman - Sitting in his hotel room at the Fantasy Springs Casino without a bead of sweat on him, JoJo Diaz realized it wasn’t going to happen. Try as he might, the final four pounds to get him down to his contracted limit of 130 just weren’t...
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Diaz, Rakhimov Fight Photos Gallery - INDIO, CALIF. - Former champion Joseph Diaz (31-1-1, 15 KOs) and Shavkat Rakhimov (15-0-1, 12 KOs) fought to a twelve round majority draw. The scores were 115-113 for Diaz, 114-114, 114-114. Because Diaz was 3.6-...
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Diaz, Rakhimov Official Scorecards - INDIO, CALIF. - Former champion Joseph Diaz (31-1-1, 15 KOs) and Shavkat Rakhimov (15-0-1, 12 KOs) fought to a twelve round majority draw. The official scores saw a card of 115-113 for Diaz, and two scores of 114-...
If nothing else, Joseph Diaz Jr. didn’t suffer another loss Saturday night. A day after losing his title at their weigh-in, Diaz battled Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov to a 12-round majority draw in the main event of DAZN’s five-fight stream from Fantasy Spri...
Diaz, Rakhimov Scorecard BoxingScene Live - INDIO, CALIF. - Joseph Diaz Jr. (31-1, 15 KOs) and Shavkat Rakhimov (15-0, 12 KOs) stepped on the scale at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino ahead of their 12-round fight for the vacant IBF Junior Lightweight C...
Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz and Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov are cleared to fight. Both boxers came within the 140-pound rehydration weight limit in place for their IBF junior lightweight title fight, which takes place Saturday evening from Fantasy Springs Casino in...
Joseph ‘JoJo’ Diaz already had his next opponent well scouted by the time the fight was signed and sealed. It was never a mystery that Russia’s Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov can punch, nor was Diaz taken aback by the suggestion made by his opponent that he w...
By Manouk Akopyan - Joseph Diaz Jr.’s rollercoaster of a year culminated on the scales Friday when he debuted his freshly colored orange hair and blew weight by 3.6 pounds while preparing for his first fight as a world champion against Shavkatdzhon R...
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Diaz, Rakhimov Weights Photos Gallery - INDIO, CALIF. - Joseph Diaz Jr. (31-1, 15 KOs) and Shavkat Rakhimov (15-0, 12 KOs) stepped on the scale at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino ahead of their 12-round fight for the vacant IBF Junior Lightweight Champ...
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov will wait until his hand is raised before celebrating anything about this weekend. For now, the unbeaten Russian junior lightweight contender is the only one eligible to win the IBF title at stake for his clash with Joseph ‘JoJo...
Tevin Farmer couldn’t help but laugh when he was informed Friday that Joseph Diaz Jr. lost the IBF junior lightweight title at the scale. Farmer feels Diaz being stripped of his 130-pound championship the day before what was supposed to be his first...
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Joseph Diaz Jr. was congratulated by the emcee of Friday’s weigh-in for making weight for his 130-pound title defense against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov on Saturday night. The problem, of course, is that Diaz didn’t even come close to meeting his contract...
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