Update: The fight will go on. After Diaz missed weight, the IBF super featherweight title will only be up for grabs for Rakhimov.
Joseph Diaz 133.6 vs. Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov 129.8
(IBF jr lightweight title)
Note: Diaz weighed 3.6 pounds heavy. Only Rakhimov will be eligible to win the vacant belt IF the fight takes place.
Patrick Teixeira 153.4 vs. Brian Carlos Castano 153.8
(WBO jr middleweight title)
Ronny Rios 121.4 vs. Oscar Negrete 121.6
Shane Mosley Jr 161.6 vs. Cristian Olivas 161.6
Bektemir Melikuziev 170.6 vs. Morgan Fitch 170.8
Venue: Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Promoter: Golden Boy
TV: DAZN
They need to start taking a percentage per pound. Start at 30% of purse for being overweight and then 10% per pound after. Nothing more disrespectful towards your opponent then missing weight. Should lose your license for a year if it’s a title fight too.
I question Jojo’s commitment. If you were his trainer you’d be spitting nails over this.
Not even close! Damn JoJo! I think the fighter who misses weight ends up winning more times than not, I don’t know a thing about Rakhimov and the IBF has a history of having bad fighters ranked #1 (especially recently), but I’ll be rooting for him in this one.
WTF!!, “NoNo” Diaz!!
I don’t recall seeing Rakhimov fight, but his KO number looks dang good. Maybe JoJo was thinking to himself…”NoNo, I need to get a significant weight advantage on fight night or else my nalgas will get KTFO by Rakhimov.”
For some reason(s), JoJo completely disregarded the fight weigh-in requirements.
It’s a shame but then again he’s probably doubting he could beat Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov.
3.6 pounds over is pretty obvious Diaz is over weight! Wow! What was the real issue? Lack of motivation, personal problems (distractions), etc. Maybe Diaz and his camp were over confident and gambling he could drop the weight and meet the contractual deal. Who knows! Rather disappointing to me to see this.
Either he cant make the weight limit any more or he just didn’t train correctly. Based on the picture above he looks soft. Whatever the scenario I don’t think JoJo is prepared and Rakhimov looks hungry for the win.
Getting off the scale Diaz didn’t look surprised. Looked like he didn’t give a crap. Hope he gets his ass handed to him.
I’ve been consistently disappointed in him the last eighteen months. His focus is clearly elsewhere.
There is an easy way to cure this problem. Promoters should simply avoid booking them, whenever possible.
I guess it doesn’t matter as Diaz is nothing special. I’m more interested in watching Texiera get ko’d!
I’ll say it again, these fighters that don’t make weight for a fight, should be penalized more, they know they have a fight, they know they have a weigh in, it;s ridiculous, no excuse-unless you have a note from your dr.– HA
Rakhimov 129.8 is statement of honesty and respect about the event, meanwhile JoJo Diaz misses weight for the second time in a title fight, this time by a whopping difference that deserves cancellation of the fight and severe measurements. Shame on Diaz, and lucky him to be fighting in USA, that the authorities are very tolerants, easily tenderized by the weight of money, because in Japan the severyty of missing weight is taken seriously. Daigo Higa for instance, he lost his title in the scale on his fight against Cristofer Rosales. He was suspended for two years and is not allowed to fight again in the weight he failed.
His ass should be dumped by his trainer. This is total disrespect for the sport.
Now theres an unfair advantage. Only tge challenger can win the belt but it rarely happens.
it terrible from jojo, seriously cant be doing regular weight checks!! so unprofessional and due to this jojo at risk of being ranked as a lightweight!! Terrible!
He talked recently about not getting the respect he deserves a d then he pulls this stunt! This is a prime example of why he is a full level if not two levels below elite. Elite fighters don’t miss weight.
They are too professional to pull this crap. He is fast becoming a D-lister if he doesn’t wake up.
Does he realize respect is EARNED, not magically granted? It’s a blatant insult to the scores of fighters who work their asses off to train, make weight EVERY time they fight and don’t get half the attention he gets?
Over this brat.
Partly a problem of having too many divisions-they are both really lightweights.
I thought JoJo was more professional than this. Forgot this is now the 2ND time. I have been at a fightcard he was on and was impressed. Very disappointing that he is disrespecting the sport this way. I agree with others- why not take a % by pound or take a much higher % if the stakes are high. Whatever it is 25-50% of purse plus suspension from possibility of fighting for a title for 2 years. a year or less sometimes turns out to be a joke because promoters don’t care about spacing fights out 6-12 monthsanyway..
If it is a title eliminator or a regional belt still make it at least 25% of purse plus a year suspension. As fighters are progressing into larger fights they would learn you can’t cheat to get ahead. When a state athletic body forbids you to fight in that state then big promoters just take the fight to another state to get around it, so it would be good if the alphabet bodies impose a large % fine, couple years suspension in title fights and then use the fine money to pour into “fighter safety” or drug testing since they give those topics lip service.
Or the fine money could be distributed amongst the other fighters on the undercard to “reward” and incentivize them (for making weight for example) Oftentimes the undercard fighters are underpaid just because they are sold that it is a big fight and on tv. Might as well pay them all a couple extra grand when the main event comes in a whopping 3.6lbs overweight.
Excellent summary, Miguel!!