ESPN2's Tuesday Night Fight's show will be headline by Julio Diaz tomorrow night. Except the former IBF lightweight champion will not be facing Tomas Barrientes as expected. Instead, Diaz will face the challenge of late replacement Russell Jones. Diaz has but one early stoppage win since being beaten in ten rounds by Jose Luis Castillo. Jones holds a record of nineteen wins, ten losses with fourteen knockouts. Diaz' record now stands at thirty-one wins with three losses and twenty-three knockouts. The main event bout appears as a featured presentation from Sycuan Ringside Promotions.
Stay tuned for a round by round account of this fight.
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