Diaz vs Fonseca

Who won Diaz vs Fonseca?

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz beat Freddy Fonseca by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday, May 4th, 2019, at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez beating Daniel Jacobs for the IBF World Middleweight, WBA Super World Middleweight, WBC World Middleweight and The Ring Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Vergil Ortiz Jr beat Mauricio Herrera, John Ryder defeated Bilal Akkawy for the WBA Interim World Super Middleweight title, and Lamont Roach was victorious over Jonathan Oquendo.

Diaz vs Fonseca stats

Back in May 2019, Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Freddy Fonseca made his way to the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 17 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Fonseca had an advantage in power over Diaz, with a 65% knockout percentage compared to Diaz's 50%.

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz was the younger man by 1 year, at 26 years old.

Both Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz and Freddy Fonseca fought out of a southpaw stance.

Diaz was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2012, 2 days later than Fonseca, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 164 more professional rounds, totaling 314 compared to Fonseca's 150.

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz went into the fight ranked number 3 by the WBA, and 3 by the WBC at super featherweight.

Freddy Fonseca was ranked number 5 by the WBA in the 130lb division.

Diaz vs Fonseca form

Diaz had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Charles Huerta on February 9, 2019, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Jesus M Rojas on August 11, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at The Avalon, California.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Gary Russell Jr on May 19, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Featherweight championship fight at MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Before that, he had beaten Victor Terrazas on February 22, 2018, by knockout in the 3rd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

He had won against Rafael Rivera on September 16, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Diaz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 18 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.

What time did Diaz vs Fonseca start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:15 PM EST / 5:15 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 1:15 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Diaz vs Fonseca?

Diaz vs Fonseca was broadcast on DAZN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Sky Sports Action.

What were the odds on Diaz vs Fonseca?

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