Super featherweight contender Joseph Diaz Jr (28-1, 14 KO) returns on Saturday night’s Canelo-Jacobs undercard on DAZN, facing Nicaragua’s Freddy Fonseca (26-2-1, 17 KO) in a 10-round bout.
The fight figures to be a tune-up for the 26-year-old Diaz, a former Olympian whose only loss was in a featherweight title fight to Gary Russell Jr. Fonseca, 27, has a good W-L record, but it’s an empty one, too.
But at the Grand Arrivals on Tuesday, Fonseca showed no fear of Diaz, and even tried to psyche him out by sort of feigning a headbutt while the two posed for a staredown.
Diaz took it in stride in the moment, but hopped on Twitter shortly after to promise some punishment for the stunt.
Kept it classy, but come Saturday I’m fucking him up for this. https://t.co/EY2iEOoQ5D
— Joseph Diaz (@JosephDiazJr) April 30, 2019
Chances are Diaz will, indeed, fuck up Fonseca on Saturday. Fonseca’s never been stopped, but again, this is a big step up in competition for him. This is really just another fight for Diaz as he looks to find a big fight at 130.