Diaz vs Huerta

Who won Diaz vs Huerta?

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz beat Charles Huerta by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, February 9th, 2019, at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

The scorecards were announced as 99-91, 99-91, 99-91 in favor of winner Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Rey Vargas beating Franklin Manzanilla for the WBC World Super Bantamweight championship. Also on the undercard Alberto Machado lost to Andrew Cancio for the WBA World Super Featherweight belt.

Diaz vs Huerta stats

Back in February 2019, Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws, 14 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Charles Huerta made his way to the ring with a record of 20 wins, 5 losses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Huerta had a slight advantage in power over Diaz, with a 60% knockout percentage compared to Diaz's 52%.

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz was the younger man by 6 years, at 27 years old.

Huerta had a height advantage of 1 inch over Diaz.

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz fought out of the southpaw stance, while Charles Huerta was an orthodox fighter.

Diaz was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 5 years and 2 months later than Huerta, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 118 more professional rounds, totaling 314 compared to Huerta's 196.

Diaz vs Huerta 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 won against Jesus M Rojas on August 11, 2018, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at The Avalon, California, United States.

Prior to that, 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.

Going into that contest, he had won against Victor Terrazas on February 22, 2018, by knockout in the 3rd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

Before that, he had beaten Rafael Rivera on September 16, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Manuel Avila on May 6, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Diaz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 3 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 8 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 Huerta start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States, which was around 2:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Diaz vs Huerta?

Diaz vs Huerta was broadcast on DAZN in the US.

What were the odds on Diaz vs Huerta?

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz was a 1/100 (-10000) favorite going into the contest, while Charles Huerta made his way into the ring at 1733/100 (+1700) with oddsmakers.