Both undefeated, the Nabf Fw champion Joseph Diaz entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 24-0-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.9 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Leo Santa Cruz) while his opponent, Rafael Rivera, has an official record of 25-0-2 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.52 in the same weight class. In their last three bouts JoJo Diaz has won over Andrew Cancio (=Diaz vs Cancio), Horacio Garcia (=Diaz vs Garcia) and Manuel Avila (=Diaz vs Avila) while Rivera has beat Miguel Tamayo, Giovanni Caro and Ruben Tamayo. JoJo Diaz vs Rafael Rivera is on the undercard of Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2017-09-16
Where: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Division: featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg)
Diaz’s previous fight: Joseph Diaz vs Manuel Avila
Diaz’s next fight: Joseph Diaz vs Victor Terrazas
Rivera’s next fight: Joet Gonzalez vs Rafael Rivera
Diaz vs Rivera Fight Video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeEhU6W_v-E&t=4s