On August 19, 2011, a 35-year-old David Díaz (36-3-1, 17 KOs) and a 27-year-old Hank Lundy (20-1-1, 10 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Díaz came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 22 days. Lundy was on a 2-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Hank Lundy stopped David Díaz via KO in the 6th round. Lundy improves his record to 21-1-1 (11 KOs), while Díaz adds a loss to his record at 36-4-1.
On March 13, 2010, 33-year-old David Díaz (35-2-1, 17 KOs) and 29-year-old Humberto Soto (49-7-2, 32 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC lightweight title.
Díaz came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 15 days. Soto was on a 6-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 22 days.
Humberto Soto defeated David Díaz via unanimous decision . Soto improves his record to 50-7-2, while Díaz adds a loss to his record at 35-3-1.
On June 28, 2008, the 32-year-old WBC lightweight world champion, David Díaz (34-1-1, 17 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao (46-3-2, 34 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Díaz came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 13 days. Pacquiao was on a 7-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 13 days.
Manny Pacquiao stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC lightweight champion. Pacquiao improves his record to 47-3-2 (35 KOs), while Díaz adds a loss to his record at 34-2-1.
On February 4, 2005, a 28-year-old David Díaz (26-0, 14 KOs) and a 23-year-old Kendall Holt (17-1, 11 KOs) met in the ring.
Díaz came in to the fight on a 26-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 25 days. Holt was on a 2-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 26 days.
Kendall Holt stopped David Díaz via TKO in the 8th round. Holt improves his record to 18-1 (12 KOs), while Díaz adds a loss to his record at 26-1.