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Keith Thurman vs. Julio Diaz, Signed for April 26 Showtime Triple-Header

March 26, 2014 by Paul Magno 2 Comments

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25-year-old welterweight prospect, Keith Thurman (22-0, 20 KOs) returns to the ring April 26 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, taking on 34-year-old two-time former lightweight titlist Julio Diaz (40-9-1, 29 KOs) in a twelve round welterweight Keith-Thurmanbout. The contest will headline a Showtime triple-header that will also feature Lucas Matthysse returning to the ring against John Molina and Omar Figueroa vs. Jerry Belmontes.

The heavy-handed Thurman scored a TKO 9 victory over Jesus Soto Karass in his last bout as co-feature on the Adrien Broner-Marcos Maidana undercard last December. The Clearwater, Florida native brings with him the WBA’s interim 147 lb. title, a belt he won in his July, 2013 contest against Argentina’s Diego Chaves.

The well-regarded prospect may be on the verge of breaking through to elite-level status and won’t likely be upset by Diaz in this upcoming match-up.

Diaz, who held his last world title in 2007, is on a 0-2-1 streak, but looked solid in his loss to Amir Khan in 2013 and his draw with Shawn Porter in 2012 (His 2013 rematch with Porter would turn out to be a fairly one-sided unanimous decision loss).

Originally from the state of Michoacan in Mexico, Diaz is tough and game, but will find himself competing at least seven years and two weight classes beyond his best against one of the sport’s young and hungry rising stars.

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Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

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