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Diego Diaz Gallardo, 21-5-1
(12), received a hero´s welcome
in Santiago Del Estero,
Argentina when he returned from
Martinique last March, having
won the World Boxing Federation
(WBF) World Middleweight title
from defending champion Michel
Mothmora.
On Friday September 8 he will
get even more support from the
city and province where he was
born, when he makes his first
title-defense at the Estadio
Ciudad de Santiago del Estero,
the home-venue for local
Basketball team Asociacion
Atletica Quimsa.
Diaz Gallardo will take on
heavy-handed 30-year-old
Brazilian Felipe Santos Pedroso,
who has stopped eleven of his
thirteen victims inside the
distance and brings a total
record of 13-2 (11). A true
professional, the WBF World
Champion is leaving no stone
unturned in his preparations
leading up to the big
home-coming.
Currently, Diaz Gallardo and his
team are in Los Angeles, USA for
a gruelling training-camp that
includes regular visits to the
famous Wild Card Boxing Club,
owned by renowned trainer Freddy
Roach, training and sparring
alongside Puerto Rican
Super-Star Miguel Cotto.
While he hasn’t traded punches
with Cotto, who is set to fight
for the vacant WBO World Super
Welterweight title on August 26
against Yoshihiro Kamegai, Diaz
Gallardo has benefited from
plenty of world-class
competition at Wild Card, and is
reportedly looking better than
ever ahead of his first fight at
world champion.
Himself the underdog when he
travelled to Martinique and
dethroned Mothmora less than
five months ago, Diaz Gallardo
has no intentions of
underestimating Pedroso. The
Brazilian has proved that he can
punch, and is expected to be
hungry for an upset in what will
be his biggest fight to date.
The Diego Diaz Gallardo vs.
Felipe Santos Pedroso World
Boxing Federation (WBF) World
Middleweight title fight on
September 8 in Santiago del
Estero, Argentina headlines a
show promoted by Blue Corner
Promotions. A big crowd is
expected for what will be the
biggest sporting event of the
year in the area.
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