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 9th February 2019 at Fantasy Springs Casino in 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 the way of knock out.

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

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

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz was the younger man by 6 years, at 26 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 year and 2 months later than Huerta, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 109 more professional rounds, 305 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 11th August 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at The Avalon, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Gary Russell Jr on 19th May 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 22nd February 2018 by knockout in the 3rd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, California.

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

He had defeated Manuel Avila on 6th May 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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) favourite going into the contest, while Charles Huerta made his way into the ring at 1733/100 (+1700) with oddsmakers.