Is This Smiling Slugger Next Golden Boy?
Gabe Oppenheim
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Gabe Oppenheim
Mag features writer; creator of Japanese TV show "DCU: Deep Crime Unit"; author of several books -- most recently the historical true crime tome "New York City Love Triangle, 1931"
I recently spent a week observing the 2012 US Olympic boxing team in professional action. Errol Spence knocked out a solid, ranked fighter on Coney Island, ensuring the the welterweight will fight for a title imminently.
The following Saturday, in Anaheim, I caught middleweight Terrell Gausha notch his 19th win via questionable decision. And in between matches, during the week, I visited Jojo Diaz, who was prepping for his fight on the undercard of the Canelo-Smith HBO PPV in the Cowboys' AT&T Stadium this Saturday night.
Click here for my profile of Jojo for Men's Journal.
And just a few moments of his pad-work during training:
Mag features writer; creator of Japanese TV show "DCU: Deep Crime Unit"; author of several books -- most recently the historical true crime tome "New York City Love Triangle, 1931"
8 年Thanks for your contribution. One thing that caught my eye when I watched him: If De La Hoya had fought as a southpaw, which he naturally was, his style would've looked like Jojo's (or vice-versa, I suppose). Of course, Oscar was a prodigy. Jojo will be his own man. He has a good team, although right now, he is trained by his father, and that can sometimes hinder a boxer's later-stage development.