Juan Díaz (American boxer)
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Juan Díaz (born September 17, 1983 in Houston, Texas, United States) is a professional boxer in the lightweight (135 lb) division. His record is 30-0 (15 KOs). He is the current WBA world lightweight champion.
Díaz made his professional boxing debut on June 23, 2000 with a first-round TKO victory over Rafael Ortiz.BoxRec.com editors. "Juan Diaz." BoxRec.com. URL accessed 3 August 2006. He won all of his first five fights by KO or TKO.
On November 22, 2003, Díaz won the WBC youth lightweight title with a sixth-round TKO of journeyman Joel Pérez.
On July 17, 2004, Díaz defeated Mongolian Lakva Sim for the WBA lightweight title by unanimous decision. Since then, Díaz has defended the title four times. His most notable defense was on April 8, 2006 against undefeated José Miguel Cotto (brother of Miguel Cotto). Díaz defeated Cotto by unanimous decision.
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