Yanqui Díaz
Yanqui Díaz
Yamplier ("Yanqui") Azcuy Díaz (born January 23, 1976 in Pinar del Río) is a former professional heavyweight boxer from Cuba.
Amateur career
Diaz started boxing at the age of twelve and had 205 amateur fights (191-14). He fought as an amateur for eleven years and was a member of the Cuban national team until he was 25.[1] Diaz fought the Félix Savón twice, and he reportedly scored two knockdowns in the fights, but Savon won both by decision.
Professional career
On August 13, 2004 Diaz upset highly regarded and undefeated Cuban heavyweight prospect and former cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gomez with a vicious 1 round TKO. Still in 2004 he scored a victory over former title challenger Vaughn Bean.
However, his ascension was derailed on January 22, 2005 via a 5 round TKO loss to Nigerian power puncher Samuel Peter. He did not manage to score a win ever since, losing four out of his last six fights with two no contests. His last bout was in 2006 December when he was knocked out by former world champion Oliver McCall.
His current professional record stands at 13 wins (8 KOs) 5 losses and 2 no contests in 20 bouts.
Professional boxing record
| 13 Wins (8 knockouts, 5 decisions), 5 Losses (2 knockouts, 3 decisions), 2 No Contests[2] | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 48-8 |  Oliver "Atomic Bull" McCall | KO | 7 | 09/12/2006 |  Hollywood, Florida, United States | Diaz knocked out at 2:28 of the seventh round. |
| Loss | 19-0-1 | Damian Wills | UD | 8 | 08/06/2006 |  Hollywood, California, United States | 71-79, 72-78, 73-77. |
| No Contest | 5-0 | Jason "Big Six" Estrada | NC | 1 | 13/02/2006 |  Providence, Rhode Island, United States | |
| No Contest | 11-4-1 | Derek Berry | NC | 1 | 12/11/2005 |  Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 35-2-1 |  Kirk "Bubba" Johnson | TD | 5 | 09/06/2005 | Temecula, California, United States | 42-49, 42-49, 43-49. |
| Loss | 21-0 |  Samuel "Nigerian Nightmare" Peter | TKO | 5 | 22/01/2005 | Miami, Florida, United States | USBA Heavyweight Title. Diaz knocked out at 0:54 of the fifth round. |
| Win | 44-4 | Vaughn "Shake & Bake" Bean | SD | 10 | 12/11/2004 |  Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States | 97-94, 97-94, 94-98. |
| Win | 25-14-1 | Marcellus Brown | TKO | 1 | 17/09/2004 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 2:16 of the first round. |
| Win | 37-0 |  Juan Carlos "Pantera Negra" Gomez | TKO | 1 | 13/08/2004 |  Laredo, Texas, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 1:46 of the first round. |
| Win | 17-12-2 |  Sione Asipeli | UD | 6 | 19/06/2004 | Reno, Nevada, United States | 60-52, 60-52, 60-52. |
| Win | 21-3 | Aurelio Perez | UD | 8 | 01/05/2004 | Miami, Florida, United States | 80-72, 80-72, 80-72. |
| Loss | 21-1 | Tony "The Tiger" Thompson | UD | 8 | 27/03/2004 | Stateline, Nevada, United States | 72-78, 73-77, 71-79. |
| Win | 12-0-1 | "Famous" Michael Simms | MD | 6 | 21/02/2004 | Reno, Nevada, United States | 58-55, 57-55, 56-56. |
| Win | 0-2 | Jason Stinson | TKO | 1 | 11/12/2003 | Lemoore, California, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the first round. |
| Win | 4-0 | Roy Meador | TKO | 3 | 05/12/2003 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 1:17 of the third round. |
| Win | -- | Germain Thedford | UD | 4 | 13/11/2003 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | 40-35, 40-35, 40-35. |
| Win | 7-1 |  Andriy Oliynyk | TKO | 2 | 01/11/2003 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Referee stopped the bout at 2:59 of the second round. |
| Win | 1-3-2 | Salvador Farnetti | KO | 2 | 14/06/2003 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Farnetti knocked out at 0:26 of the second round. |
| Win | 1-24-1 |  Juan Ramon Perez | TKO | 2 | 28/03/2003 | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico | Referee stopped the bout at 2:23 of the second round. |
| Win | 1-23-1 | Juan Ramon Perez | TKO | 5 | 01/11/2002 | Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico | |