Pedro Diaz (born November 26, 1962) is a Cuban and American boxing trainer and founder of Mundo Boxing[1] a training facility for professional, amateur boxers and mixed martial artists. His record as a trainer is 127 wins, including 21 World Titles (most recently Imane Khelif at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Noel Mikaelian for the WBC world title), and 18 losses.[as of?] As an amateur boxing trainer, Diaz worked with the Cuban national team for four Olympic Games in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004.[2] He also worked with the Dominican Republic for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 where they won the countries first ever Gold Medal in Boxing and 2nd Gold medal. As a professional boxing trainer, Diaz trains a stable of boxers and MMA fighters,[3] including Roamer Alexis Angulo, Ivan Baranchyk, Xu Can, Miguel Cotto,[4] Filip Hrgovic, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Tyrone Spong, and Vitor Belfort.
Pedro Diaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 26, 1962 Santa Clara, Cuba |
| Occupation | Boxing trainer |
Early life and Cuba
editBefore becoming a boxing trainer, Diaz trained under Alcides Sagarra and was an accomplished amateur boxer.[5] He attended the Cuban Sports University specializing in boxing, and in 1999 he earned the title of Doctor in Pedagogical Sciences.[5]
America and professional boxing
editIn 2010 Diaz moved to the United States and continued training boxers and UFC fighters as well.[6] Diaz trained boxers for notable fights such as Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto,[7] Nonito Donaire vs Guillermo Rigondeaux, Vasyl Lomachenko vs Guillermo Rigondeaux, which was the first time two dual Olympic gold medalist fought on a professional stage,[8] and Jose Zepeda vs Ivan Baranchyk, which won the 2020 boxing fight of the year by CBS and USA Today Sports.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ "MundoBoxing". Mundo Boxing. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ^ "Best I Trained: Pedro Diaz". The Ring. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- ^ "Pedro Diaz in Contact With His Stable, Ensures They Stay in Shape". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "Trainer Pedro Diaz has brought Miguel Cotto back to basis". ESPN.com. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ a b "Best I Trained: Pedro Diaz". The Ring. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ Holland, Jesse (2013-04-30). "UFC on FX 8: Watch bizarre Vitor Belfort training video for Luke Rockhold fight on May 18 in Brazil". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ "Pedro Díaz the unknown Cuban factor in Floyd Mayweather v Miguel Cotto". the Guardian. 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "Dual gold medalists Vasyl Lomachenko, Guillermo Rigondeaux to meet, make history Dec. 9 in New York". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
- ^ "Best of Boxing in 2020: CBS Sports highlights winners of Fighter, Knockout and Fight of the year". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "2020 Boxing Junkie Awards: Fight of the Year". Boxing Junkie. 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2021-02-01.