Name	David Díaz
Realname	David Díaz
Height	5 ft. 6 in. (167 cm.)
Nickname	Dangerous
Nationality	American
Weight	Lightweight
Birth date	June 07, 1976
Birth place	Chicago, Illinois
Style	Southpaw
Total	39
Wins	35
Ko	17
Losses	3
Draws	1

David "Dangerous" Díaz (born June 7, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American boxer in the lightweight (135 lb) division. His record is 34-3-1 (17 KOs). He has no relation to Juan "The Baby Bull" Diaz, another lightweight boxer and former world champion.

Professional career

Diaz accumulated a record of 26-0 before losing his first bout to Kendall Holt via 8th round technical knockout. He defeated José Armando Santa Cruz for the interim title on August 12, 2006. On February 20, 2007, Diaz was awarded the title when Joel Casamayor, the champion at the time, was stripped of the title for signing to fight WBO champion Acelino Freitas rather than defend against him. (It should be noted the lightweight title bout between old foes Casamayor and Freitas never took place. Freitas fought and lost his WBO title to WBA champion Juan Díaz instead.)

Diaz defeated Mexican legend Erik Morales on August 4, 2007 by a controversial unanimous decision to defend his title. On June 28, 2008, Diaz lost his title to Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas via ninth-round knockout earning Pacquiao his fifth world championship in five different weight divisions.

After a one year lay-off Diaz returned to the ring on September 26, 2009. He took on Jesús Chávez and won by majority decision.

On March 13, 2010, Diaz challenged Humberto Soto for his old WBC lightweight title, which had recently been vacated by Edwin Valero, on the undercard of Pacquiao's fight with Joshua Clottey. Soto defeated Diaz, dropping him in the opening and closing rounds, en route to a unanimous decision victory.

Amateur Highlights

Member of the 1996 US Olympic Team as a Light Welterweight. His results were:

*Defeated Jacobo Garcia (Virgin Islands) RSC 3 (0:33)

*Lost to Oktay Urkal (Germany) 6-14

Won Chicago Golden Gloves four times and the National Golden Gloves three times (1993, 1994 and 1996 National Golden Gloves light welterweight champion)

Had a record of 78-16 in the amateurs

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Name	Manny Pacquiao
Caption	Pacquiao during the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game
Imagesize	175px|realname = Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
Nickname	Pac-Man,Fighting Pride of the Philippines,The Destroyer,The Mexicutioner,The People's Champ,Pambansang Kamao (National Fist),The Fighting Congressman
Weight	Light MiddleweightWelterweightLight WelterweightLightweightSuper FeatherweightFeatherweightSuper BantamweightFlyweight
Height	He is the fourth among six siblings: Liza Silvestre-Onding and Domingo Silvestre (from first husband of his mother) and Isidra Pacquiao-Paglinawan, Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao and Rogelio Pacquiao.

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Name	Érik Morales
Realname	Érik Isaac Morales Elvira
Nickname	El Terrible
Height
Weight	WelterweightLight WelterweightLightweightSuper FeatherweightFeatherweightSuper Bantamweight
Nationality	Mexican
Birth date	September 01, 1976
Birth place	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Style	Orthodox
Total	57
Wins	51
Losses	6 (2KO)
Draws	0
No contests	0
Ko	35

Érik Isaac Morales Elvira (born September 1, 1976 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer.He is current WBC Silver World Light Welterweight Champion and former five-time world champion at WBC and WBO Super Bantamweight (122 lb), WBC Featherweight (126 lb), WBC Super Featherweight (130 LB)and the IBF Junior Lightweight (130 lb) divisions. He is currently the WBC International welterweight Champ (147 lb) champion. Morales also defeated 15 different world champions during the course of his career and has won 7 titles in five different weight classes. Famous for his trilogies with fellow Mexican legend three-division champion Marco Antonio Barrera and to Filipino boxer octuple champion Manny Pacquiao, he is considered by many to be one of the finest boxers of his generation. He ranks #49 on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time, a step ahead of Mike Tyson.

Career history

Early career

Erik Morales was born in the Zona Norte section of Tijuana. Under the tutelage of his father, Jose Morales, a fighter himself, Erik started boxing at the age of 5 and amassed a very impressive amateur career that saw him fight 114 times (108-6) and win 11 major titles in Mexico. Morales made his professional debut at the age of 16, by knocking out Jose Orejel in two rounds. Between 1993 and 1997, he quickly climbed the ranks in the Super Bantamweight division, winning 26 fights, 20 by knockout, including wins against former champions Kenny Mitchell and Hector Acero Sanchez, before challenging for his first world title. It was during this time that he signed with promoter Bob Arum.

Super Bantamweight titles

On September 7, 1997, in El Paso, Texas, at the age of 21, he won his first world title by stopping WBC world Super Bantamweight champion and now member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Daniel Zaragoza via knockout in eleven rounds.

In his first defense, Morales defeated former IBO champion John Lowey (24-2) by 7th round knockout. In his next fight, he defeated Remigio Molina (31-1) by 6th round knockout. On May 16, 1998, he defeated former champion Jose Luis Bueno via a second round knockout.

In September 1998, in another landmark fight, Morales knocked out former world champion Junior Jones of the United States. Jones went into the battle with a daunting record against Mexican fighters of 35 victories and no losses, most notably including two victories over the previous champion, Marco Antonio Barrera, in 1996 and 1997. Also noteworthy was that Jones was entering Mexico for the first time to fight and the fight was held at Tijuana. The fight went on to three contested rounds, before Morales knocked out Jones with two consecutive overhead right crosses in the fourth round.

In October 1999, Morales fought and defeated former champion Wayne McCullough of Northern Ireland, outclassing him throughout the fight but claiming that McCollough gave him one of the toughest three fights of his career.

Morales vs. Barrera I

In February 2000, Morales defeated Marco Antonio Barrera to win the WBO Super Bantamweight title, in a fight that is considered one of boxing's classic bouts. Morales won the fight by a split decision. It was an intense battle in which both fight/\;.ers were cut and battered. After the fight, Morales said, "He was a brave fighter, and we both gave it all we had. We were both hurt during the fight. He was the biggest puncher I ever faced in the ring." The Ring named it the fight of the year.

Featherweight titles

After nine successful title defenses, Morales chose to vacate his WBC World Super Bantamweight title and his newly won WBO title in order to move up to the Featherweight division. In his second fight at this weight, he fought 33 year-old former world champion Kevin Kelley, in September 2000. Kelley was knocked down in the fifth and seventh rounds, he was finally trapped in that latter round by a flurry of five consecutive uppercuts from Morales. Supported only by the ropes, a sixth uppercut landed, and the fight was stopped. Morales won WBC Interim Featherweight title.

Morales fought again in 2000, knocking out Rodney Jones in the first round. In February 2001, he fought Guty Espadas, Jr., the WBC world Featherweight champion with a thirteen fight winning streak, and whose father, Guty Espadas Sr., was also a world champion boxer. Morales won a close twelve round decision to claim his third world title.

In July 2001, Morales defeated future champion In Jin Chi of South Korea and retained his title. Chi gave a strong effort, but Morales was the sharper, harder puncher and outworked him for much of the fight. Morales was cut and swollen over the left eye in the 6th round by an accidental clash of heads and Chi was penalized one point in the 10th round.Vacated |-

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