David Díaz was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. on June 7, 1976. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on November 30, 1996 against Marcos Antonio Rodriguez. Díaz defeated Rodriguez via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Díaz got elevated as the WBC lightweight champion at the age of 31 after 35 professional fights, and had his first world-title defense fight against Érik Morales on August 4, 2007. He defeated Morales via 12-round unanimous decision.
Díaz' last fight was a 6th-round KO loss to Hank Lundy at age 35, on August 19, 2011.
Some of David Díaz' best fights have been against Jesús Chávez and Érik Morales (HOFer). For a complete list of Díaz' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of David Díaz".
Díaz has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "David Díaz Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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41 | Aug 19, 2011 | 35 | Hank Lundy 27 20-1-1 | loss | KO 6 |
40 | Jan 28, 2011 | 34 | Robert Frankel | win | MD 10 |
39 | Mar 13, 2010 | 33 | Humberto Soto 29 49-7-2 | loss | UD 12 |
38 | Sep 26, 2009 | 33 | Jesús Chávez 36 44-5 | win | MD 10 |
37 | Jun 28, 2008 | 32 | Manny Pacquiao 29 46-3-2 | loss | TKO 9 |
36 | Mar 15, 2008 | 31 | Ramón Montaño | win | MD 10 |
35 | Aug 04, 2007 | 31 | Érik Morales 30 48-5 | win | UD 12 |
34 | Aug 12, 2006 | 30 | José Santa Cruz | win | TKO 10 |
33 | Jun 16, 2006 | 30 | Cristian Favela | win | UD 12 |
32 | Mar 17, 2006 | 29 | Silverio Ortiz | win | UD 10 |
31 | Dec 10, 2005 | 29 | Ramazan Paliani | draw | MD 12 |
30 | Oct 21, 2005 | 29 | Juan Polo Perez | win | TKO 3 |
29 | Aug 20, 2005 | 29 | John Trigg | win | UD 4 |
28 | Jun 02, 2005 | 28 | Tyrone Wiggins | win | TKO 3 |
27 | Feb 04, 2005 | 28 | Kendall Holt 23 17-1 | loss | TKO 8 |
26 | Dec 10, 2004 | 28 | Jaime Rangel | win | TKO 9 |
25 | Jul 09, 2004 | 28 | Jaime Morales | win | UD 8 |
24 | May 15, 2004 | 27 | Ener Julio | win | TKO 10 |
23 | Jan 30, 2004 | 27 | Emanuel Augus | win | UD 8 |
22 | Dec 12, 2003 | 27 | Frankie Sanchez | win | UD 8 |
21 | Sep 13, 2003 | 27 | Juaquin Gallardo | win | UD 8 |
20 | Jul 18, 2003 | 27 | Nelson Manchego | win | KO 1 |
19 | Jun 06, 2003 | 26 | Andre Baker | win | TKO 6 |
18 | Apr 11, 2003 | 26 | Franco Ogentho | win | KO 1 |
17 | Feb 07, 2003 | 26 | Dillon Carew | win | TKO 3 |
16 | Dec 13, 2002 | 26 | Damone Wright | win | TKO 4 |
15 | Oct 17, 2002 | 26 | Clifton Woods | win | KO 2 |
14 | Sep 27, 2002 | 26 | Anthony Cobb | win | TKO 6 |
13 | Sep 08, 2000 | 24 | Steve Larrimore | win | TKO 2 |
12 | Sep 09, 1999 | 23 | Mark Tang | win | TKO 3 |
11 | Apr 21, 1999 | 22 | Rafael Salas | win | TKO 4 |
10 | Feb 27, 1999 | 22 | Adam Leibowitz | win | TKO 6 |
9 | Dec 19, 1998 | 22 | George Kellman | win | UD 6 |
8 | May 05, 1998 | 21 | Alberto Sepulveda | win | SD 6 |
7 | Mar 14, 1998 | 21 | Theon Holland | win | TKO 4 |
6 | Nov 15, 1997 | 21 | Eduardo Castillo | win | PTS 6 |
5 | Sep 13, 1997 | 21 | Daniel Hernandez | win | UD 4 |
4 | Jun 15, 1997 | 21 | Troy Crain | win | PTS 6 |
3 | Feb 22, 1997 | 20 | Jesse Berry | win | UD 4 |
2 | Jan 10, 1997 | 20 | Mark Andreske | win | UD 4 |
1 | Nov 30, 1996 | 20 | Marcos Antonio Rodriguez | win | UD 4 |