Manuel Félix Díaz

Manuel Félix Díaz
Manuel Félix Díaz
Statistics
Real name Manuel Félix Díaz Guzman
Rated at Welterweight
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Nationality Dominican Republic Dominican
Born December 10, 1983 (1983-12-10) (age 27)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights 9
Wins 9
Wins by KO 6
Losses 0
Draws 0
No contests 0
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for the  Dominican Republic
Olympic Games
Gold 2008 Beijing Light Welterweight
Pan American Games
Bronze 2003 S. Domingo Lightweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold 2002 San Salvador Lightweight

Manuel Félix Díaz Guzman (born 10 December 1983) is a professional boxer from the Dominican Republic who won Olympic Gold in 2008. Díaz Guzman had also won the bronze medal in the same division in 2003, at the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo.

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Amateur career

The aggressive southpaw brawler participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Caribbean country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Lightweight (60 kg) division by Kazakhstan's eventual bronze medalist Serik Yeleuov.

At the PanAm Games 2007 he lost the quarterfinal 12:13 to Inocente Fiss. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics by defeating Myke Carvalho 8:6.

In Beijing though, he won all five bouts and sensationally won Gold against reigning champion Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand. It was the nation's second ever Olympic gold after Félix Sánchez in 2004 and the second boxing medal after Pedro Nolasco won a bronze in Los Angeles in 1984.[1]

Olympic games results

2004 (as a lightweight)

2008 (as a Light welterweight)[2]

World amateur championships results

2007 (as a Light welterweight)

  • Defeated Su Hsiao Ken (Chinese Taipei) RSC 1
  • Lost to Masatsugu Kawachi (Japan) 14-15

Pro

He turned pro in 2009.

External links

References

  1. ^ gmanews.tv/story, Diaz beats Athens boxing champ to win lightwelterweight gold
  2. ^ boxingscene.com, Five Fights, Five Different Nations Capture Olympic Gold
v · d · eOlympic Boxing Champions in Men's Light Welterweight
1952–2000: 60–63.5 kg, 2004-2008: 60-64 kg

1952: Charles Adkins (USA) • 1956: Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) • 1960: Bohumil Němeček (TCH) • 1964–1968: Jerzy Kulej (POL) • 1972: Ray Seales (USA) • 1976: Ray Leonard (USA) • 1980: Patrizio Oliva (ITA) • 1984: Jerry Page (USA) • 1988: Vyacheslav Yanovskiy (URS) • 1992–1996: Héctor Vinent (CUB) • 2000: Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev (UZB) • 2004: Manus Boonjumnong (THA) • 2008: Manuel Félix Díaz (DOM)


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