Rated at Welterweight Wins 17 Losses 1 Role Boxer Martial art Boxing Total fights 18 Draws 0 | Nationality Dominican Wins by KO 8 Name Manuel Diaz Height 1.65 m Division Welterweight Stance Southpaw stance | |
Real name Felix Manuel Diaz Guzman Born December 10, 1983 (age 40)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ( 1983-12-10 ) | ||
Félix Manuel 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. (Any word on the controverse about the arbitration of his 4th fight against Alexis Vastine during the olympic games in Beijing ?)
Olympic games results
2004 (as a lightweight)
2008 (as a Light welterweight)
World amateur championships results
2007 (as a Light welterweight)
Professional career
He turned pro in 2009. As a professional, he won a majority decision against Adrian Granados for the World Boxing Council Central American Boxing Federation title.
