Via Mark Eisner: WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney will take on the toughest opponent of his young six-year professional career tonight, meeting 2012 US Olympic athlete and former IBF superweight champion Joseph’ Jojo’ Diaz Jr at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. DAZN will stream the action LIVE starting at 8 p.m. ET.
Boxing News 24 will feature live updates below on tonight’s action of Haney vs. Jojo Diaz:
- Middle-class leads are hard to come by Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams (8-0.7 KO) remains undefeated with a win in the second round first Quantitative Cash (14-2, 8 KOs). Nampaw Austin, 25, injured Cash with a left blow to the head in the second round and was then knocked out with a series of power shots that caused referee Raul Caiz Jr. contest must be suspended. It was a stellar victory for former American amateur tennis player Williams.
- Unbeatable Super Midsize Potential Customers Alexis Espino (9-0-1, 6 KO) fighting with always tough Rodolfo Gomez (14-5-1, 10 KOs) to a tough round-robin draw. The scores were 77-75 for Gomez, 76-76 and 76-76.
- Mid-Range Potential Customers Amari Jones (5-0.5 KO) kept his perfect record with a knockout win in the sixth round Timothy Lee (5-2, 4 KOs) in the scheduled sixth round match. Amari, 19, knocked Lee out in the sixth round, leading the referee to stop the contest. In the opening round, Jones knocked Lee out with a nasty header. Injury time is at 2:40 of the sixth round.
- Fly class Ricardo Rafael Sandoval (20-1, 15 KOs) defeated Carlos Buitrago (32-7-1, 18 KOs) by seventh round knockout. In the seventh inning, 22-year-old Sandoval arbitrarily tagged Buitrago with shots that brought the referee to a halt.
Beat the match:
Montana Love and Carlos Diaz
Jessica McCaskill and Kandi Wyatt
Filip Hrgovic vs Emir Ahmatovic
Ricardo Rafael Sandoval vs Carlos Buitrago
Austin Williams vs. Quatavious Cash
Alexis Espino and Rodolfo Gomez Jr
Marc Castro and Rodolfo Solis
Amari Jones and Timothy Lee
Jojo Diaz is ready for Haney
“My main job is to run and take on the business,” said Joseph Diaz Jr. talk to Against TV Hub about his clash with Haney.
“I think this is the biggest moment of my career for me because since I was 13 years old, I have watched Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, Lennox Lewis, all of these guys fight in Las Vegas. at MGM Grand.
Jojo Diaz said: “For me to get there is really amazing, it’s a blessing. “I don’t think it was the hardest battle of my career. I’ve had a lot of tough matches in my career.
Jojo Diaz Jr on the fight against Devin Haney: “I think it’s just about me adapting to the competition and taking care of the business as I adapt. “Come with the right game plan to execute and get him out of there.
“He’s defensively like Tevin Farmer, and he’s long and has the same reach as Tevin Farmer,” said Jojo Diaz when asked about how Haney compares to his past opponents.
“I think speed, he [Haney] not as fast as Gary Russell Jr and I don’t think he has the strength of Javier Fortuna and Andrew Cancio.
“Like I said, everyone I’ve fought with in the past has made me the fighter I am today, and I’m up for anything Devin Haney has to offer. If he wants to try to be elusive and use his shot, I should be able to adapt and work through that, while also going inside and down to be effective.
“But if he wants to hit the inside, that’s also wrong because I’m up for that too,” Diaz said.
Haney won’t bring any surprises
“No, I’ve seen a lot of people try to use grab and roll and a lot of people have tried and done like top roll, right hand roll, body thrust, back hook,” Diaz said when asked if Haney could present things that he has never seen before.
“All the same. It’s basically just what tall guys try to take advantage of and take advantage of a smaller guy. And it’s just a matter of whether he can keep that pace and keep that away from me because I’m going to keep coming in and making sure I’m getting through and my solid shots.
“I’ll fill him in first and see what he wants to do,” Diaz said of the pace of the fight with Haney.
“I wanted to see what kind of game plan he had to try and come up with because it’s always good to go through the tapes, but everyone has a different game plan when it comes to the fight and he will probably be in the fight. with a completely different game plan.
“He might try and surprise me by smashing it. You never know. he can and tries to do it. If he tries to do that, I will have to come up with a different play plan and adjust.
Diaz plans to throw 120 punches per round
Jojo Diaz said: “I tried for an action-packed fight, I trained to throw at least 120 punches a round.
“That’s where I adjusted. I’ve been in 14, 13, 12 rounds, so I’m willing to go as far and throw as many punches as I can to make sure I win the match.
“I think he [Haney] got hit and I thought he was hurt, and I thought if I caught him with a hit like that, I would hurt him too and I would try to get him out of there,” said Diaz Jr. speak. about Haney getting hurt by his ultimate rival Jorge Linares.
“I won’t let him hug me. And I’m going to take a lot of shots and force myself on him.
“I would also command the body to make sure his body is decomposing. I would bring him down physically and mentally for the whole fight,” Jojo Diaz said.
