Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-03-26, good fight between Joseph Diaz and Jayson Velez: it gets three stars.The undefeated Joseph Diaz entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 19-0-0 (11 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.19 featherweight in the world. He fought five times last year beating Ruben Tamayo (=Diaz vs Tamayo) and Hugo Partida in his last two fights (=Diaz vs Partida).
His opponent, Jayson Velez, has an official record of 23-1-1 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.32 in the same weight class. He fought twice in 2015 defeating Daniel Ramirez (=Velez vs Ramirez) but then he lost to Ronny Rios (=Velez vs Rios). JoJo Diaz vs Velez is valid for the NABF featherweight title; undercard of Andre Ward vs Sullivan Barrera. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-03-26
Where: Oracle Arena, Oakland, California, USA
Division: featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg)
Title: NABF featherweight title
Diaz’s previous fight: Joseph Diaz vs Hugo Partida
Velez’s previous fight: Jayson Velez vs Ronny Rios
Velez’s next fight: Jayson Velez vs Rene Alvarado
Diaz’s next fight: Joseph Diaz vs Victor Proa
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Very nice fight with two contenders doing their best. As usual JoJo work paid off since he was the most technical, accurate and faster of both. Jayson has a very good record so I’m surprise that he wasn’t not able to adjust his attacks and defense against a southpaw boxer during the whole fight. He looks also a bit slow for me
This was Jojo’s most significant fight in his career so far and he mastered the test like a boss. He landed some pretty good shots, especiallly the left counter hook, but he needs to work more in combination since he doesn’t seem to possess real power. I think he’s getting better fight after fight.