Miguel Angel Diaz is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 boxing trainer

Boxing training

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 who has trained fighters from Latin America and from the United States. Diaz was selected to receive the Futch–Condon Award for the 1999 Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America

Boxing Writers Association of America

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, and was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame

World Boxing Hall of Fame

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 on November 15, 2008.

Diaz began boxing when he was eight years old, and experienced twenty-seven amateur outings, but had a very short career as a professional boxer, having only one fight and then retired from boxing as a fighter.

Diaz moved to Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, where he established the Miguel Diaz boxing gym. One of his first world champions was Pedro Decima. He also trained Erik Morales

Erik Morales

Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...

 who knocked Daniel Zaragoza

Daniel Zaragoza

Daniel Zaragoza was a Mexican professional boxer. Known as "The Mouse," Zaragoza a popular champion in the Super Bantamweight division throughout the 1980s and 1990s.-Amateur career:...

 out in eleven rounds at El Paso, Texas

El Paso, Texas

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 for the WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 world Bantamweight championship. Diaz then began travelling between Los Angeles and Tijuana to help train Morales.

He went on to help train Fernando Vargas

Fernando Vargas

Fernando Vargas is a retired Mexican American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious", "The Aztec Warrior" and "El Feroz"...

 for a number of fights, and established a second Miguel Diaz boxing gym, located in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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.

Diaz is currently residing part-time in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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, where he helps train brothers Miguel Angel

Miguel Cotto

Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...

 and José Miguel Cotto

José Miguel Cotto

José Miguel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is the brother of the four-time World Champion boxer Miguel Angel Cotto...

 as well as Daniel Jimenez

Daniel Jiménez

Daniel Jiménez Román is a former Puerto Rican bantamweight boxer. He is best known for having won the WBO title as a pro.-Pro:...

, among others. Miguel Cotto has reached world championship status, winning the WBO Junior Welterweight crown. He currently coaches Marcos Maidana.

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