With a combined record of 69-1, 47 KOs, This Saturday's Acelino Freitas - Juan Diaz world lightweight title unification fight has the potential of being the division's biggest title unification since Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo first clashed. Coincidentally, the two year anniversary of that epic fight is around the corner on May 7. Freitas and Diaz, the WBO and WBA champions, respectively, headline "Fight Centennial!", Foxwoods' landmark 100th professional boxing card. It will be televised live on HBO's "Boxing After Dark" at 10 P.M. ET/PT, delayed on west coast.
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