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Felix Diaz 142 lbs beat Gabriel Bracero 142 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10
- Date: 2015-04-11
- Location: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Referee: Arthur Mercante Jr
- Judge: Robin Taylor 98-90
- Judge: Waleska Roldan 96-92
- Judge: John Basile 97-91
- In the final bout of a televised card from Barclays Center, 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Felix Diaz went to to 17-0 with a 10 round unanimous decision win over Gabriel 'Tito' Bracero. The first five rounds, in neutral observation, appeared about even in punches thrown and landed, with Bracero keeping distance range from Diaz, and tying him up whenever Diaz tried to take the fight to the ropes.
- Diaz threw caution to the wind from round six onwards, wrestling his way inside and attacking Bracero fearlessly, after figuring out Bracero had no power. Diaz found his range, setting the tempo of the bout, coming forward with pressure on Bracero and trying to cut off the ring. Bracero, bruised and tiring, could not shake Diaz in the later rounds. Diaz decked Bracero with an overhand left to the head in round eight with Bracero on the ropes. Diaz decked Bracero again with a left hook near the end of round nine. At times, Diaz showboated and taunted Bracero with his hands down, but also outworked him. A key difference in the second half of the fight was power shots. Diaz landed numerous power shots for which Bracero had no answer. Diaz had the edge in power training. Bracero, who at one time in his career had done power training with John Schaeffer, had no answer Diaz' power shots when they landed, and had his weakness exposed. Also Bracero was inactive for 17 months.