Félix Manuel Díaz Guzman (born 10 December 1983) is a Dominican professional boxer who challenged for the unified WBC, WBO, and The Ring light welterweight titles in 2017. As an amateur he won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and bronze at the 2003 Pan American Games.
Amateur career The aggressive Southpaw brawler participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Caribbean country. There he lost 28:16 in the first round of the Lightweight (60 kg) division to Kazakhstan's eventual bronze medalist Serik Yeleuov.
At the PanAm Games 2007 he lost the quarterfinal 12:13 to Inocente Fiss. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics by defeating Myke Carvalho 8:6.
In Beijing though, he won all five bouts and after a controversial bout against Vastine, sensationally won Gold against reigning champion Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand. It was the nation's second ever Olympic gold after Félix Sánchez in 2004 and the second boxing medal after Pedro Nolasco won a bronze in Los Angeles in 1984.
Olympic games results 2004 (as a lightweight) Lost to Serik Yeleuov (Kazakhstan) 28–16
2008 (as a Light welterweight) Defeated Eduard Hambardzumyan (Armenia) 11–4 Defeated John Joe Joyce (Ireland) 11–11 Defeated Morteza Sepahvand (Iran) 11–6 Defeated Alexis Vastine (France) 12–10 Defeated Manus Boonjumnong (Thailand) 12–4
World amateur championships results 2007 (as a Light welterweight) Defeated Su Hsiao Ken (Chinese Taipei) RSC 1 Lost to Masatsugu Kawachi (Japan) 14–15
Díaz ended his amateur career with a record of 280–40.
Professional career He turned pro in 2009. As a professional, he won a majority decision against Adrian Granados for the World Boxing Council Central American Boxing Federation title.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes23Win20–3 Abrahan PeraltaKO2 (10), 16 Mar 2019 22Loss19–3 Francisco SantanaMD1027 Apr 2018 21Loss19–2 Terence Crawford10 (12), 20 May 2017 20Win19–1 Levis MoralesTKO6 (10), 16 Dec 2016 19Win18–1 Sammy VasquezUD1016 Jul 2016 18Loss17–1 Lamont PetersonMD1217 Oct 2015 17Win17–0 Gabriel BraceroUD1011 Apr 2015 16Win16–0 Adrian GranadosMD1021 Nov 2014 15Win15–0 Emmanuel Lartei LarteySD818 Apr 2014 14Win14–0 Edgar LlanesKO1 (10), 17 Aug 2013 13Win13–0 Ricardo VerasTKO3 (10), 8 Jun 2013 12Win12–0 Wilfredo AcunaUD621 Jul 2012 11Win11–0 Javier PerezUD818 May 2012 10Win10–0 Larry SmithUD816 Sep 2011 9Win9–0 Andrey BerdyshevTKO3 (8), 26 Mar 2011 8Win8–0 Edinson GarciaTD5 (8), 29 Nov 2010 7Win7–0 Alex PerezTKO2 (8), 21 Aug 2010 6Win6–0 Broderick AntoineTKO8 (8), 14 Jul 2010 5Win5–0 Orlando MembrenoUD612 Mar 2010 4Win4–0 Bronislav KubinKO3 (6), 23 Jan 2010 3Win3–0 Vyacheslav YakovenkoUD424 Oct 2009 2Win2–0 Omar BrownTKO1 (4), 18 Sep 2009 1Win1–0 Hugo PachecoTKO1 (6), 29 Jun 2009
References
External links
Yahoo! Sports PanAm 2007