Porter wins rematch with Diaz; Jack and Periban fight to draw

Porter wins rematch with Diaz; Jack and Periban fight to draw
Mark E. Ortega
RingTV.com
September 12, 2013


LAS VEGAS – Former lightweight titleholder Julio Diaz will fight his slip into gatekeeper status kicking and screaming as evidenced by the effort he put up in losing a unanimous decision to undefeated Shawn Porter on Thursday night in a ballroom of the MGM Grand.

The 10-round fight, which was televised on Fox Sports 2, was a rematch. In December, Porter and Diaz fought to a draw that most felt was edged by the veteran fighter. Perhaps people leaned Diaz's way because they were shocked at the tremendous effort he put forth as well as taking into consideration the fact that most had written him off following a bad knockout loss to Kendall Holt the year before.

Diaz gave his career new life in the draw with Porter and subsequent close loss to Amir Khan in March. In the meantime, Porter easily decisioned unbeaten but lightly regarded Phil Lo Greco earlier in May.

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Jacobs blasts Lorenzo in three on Fox Sports 1

Jacobs blasts Lorenzo in three on Fox Sports 1
Mark E. Ortega
RingTV.com
August 19, 2013


Come-backing young middleweight Daniel Jacobs impressively stopped former title challenger Giovanni Lorenzo in the third round in the 10-round main event of Fox Sports 1's debut Monday night broadcast of the new Golden Boy on FOX series.

Emanating from the Best Buy Theatre in New York, the bout was a solid crossroads bout between two New York-based fighters looking to make a statement on this inaugural broadcast.

The fight began slowly with Jacobs (26-1, 23 knockouts) edging the first two rounds. It seemed Lorenzo was breaking through with some rough tactics in the third before Jacobs dropped him on his face when the two were exchanging.

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