Diaz vs Terrazas

Who won Diaz vs Terrazas?

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz beat Victor Terrazas by knockout in the 3rd round on Thursday 22nd February 2018 at Fantasy Springs Casino in California.

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).

Diaz vs Terrazas stats

Back in February 2018, Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 25 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Victor Terrazas made his way to the ring with a record of 38 wins, 4 loses and 2 draws.

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz was the younger man by 10 years, at 25 years old.

Diaz had a height advantage of 1 inch over Terrazas. Despite this, Terrazas had 1-inch reach advantage.

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

Diaz was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 19 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 year and 9 months later than Terrazas, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 61 more professional rounds, 314 to Terrazas' 253.

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBC, 1 by the WBO and 4 by the IBF at featherweight.

Diaz vs Terrazas form

Diaz had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Rafael Rivera on 16th September 2017 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

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

Going into that contest, he had beat Andrew Cancio on 17th September 2016 by technical knockout in the 9th round at AT&T Stadium, Texas.

Before that, he had won against Andrew Cancio on 17th September 2016 by technical knockout in the 9th round at AT&T Stadium, Texas.

He had beat Victor Proa on 30th July 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round at Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio.

Activity check

Diaz's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 42 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.4 rounds on average.

What time did Diaz vs Terrazas start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Fantasy Springs Casino, California, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Diaz vs Terrazas?

Diaz vs Terrazas was broadcast on ESPN in the US.

What were the odds on Diaz vs Terrazas?

Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz was a 1/100 (-10000) favourite going into the contest, while Victor Terrazas made his way into the ring at 16/1 (+1600) with oddsmakers.