Former junior lightweight champion Joseph “JoJo” Diaz (33-6-1, 15 KOs), age 31, makes his return to the ring today (Saturday) after spending six months in a rehab program, getting himself back into physical and mental fighting shape. The fight takes place on the ProBoxe show at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida. From Downey, California, Diaz has lost four of his last five. He takes on Abraham Montoya (22-6-1, 14 KOs) - one of the few fighters who has been victorious over former featherweight champ Luis Alberto Lopez. 

 

The co-feature will be a junior middleweight clash between Darrelle “Blast” Valsaint (11-0, 9 KOs) of Orlando, Florida, and Angel “Relampago” Ruiz (18-3-1, 13 KOs) of Los Angeles in a ten-round contest. Valsaint, 24, is riding a four-fight knockout streak and stopped Pachino Hill in June in his only fight this year.

 

Nicklaus “Nico” Flaz will face Christian “Ninote” Gomez in the ten-round welterweight main event.

 

Right after the main event: Pablo "Pretty Boy" Valdez (8-0, 7 KOs) will take on the experienced Dominican puncher Eudy Bernardo (25-7, 18 KOs).

 

Other notable matchups on the card include:

  

Welterweight Emiliano Moreno vs. Sergio Gil;

Middleweight Weljon Mindoro vs. Lucas de Abreu;

Light heavyweight Ariel Perez vs. James Weissman;

Welterweight Terrence Williams vs. Ramon De La Cruz Sena; and

Welterweight Charles Harris Jr vs Roberto Escobar.