Pedro Diaz (boxing)

Pedro Diaz
Born (1962-11-26) November 26, 1962 (age 61)
Santa Clara, Cuba
OccupationBoxing trainer

Pedro Diaz (born November 26, 1962) is a Cuban and American boxing trainer and founder of Mundo Boxing[1] a training facility for professional, amateur boxers and mixed martial artists. His record as a trainer is 127 wins, including 21 World Titles (most recently Imane Khelif at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Noel Mikaelian for the WBC world title), and 18 losses.[as of?] As an amateur boxing trainer, Diaz worked with the Cuban national team for four Olympic Games in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004.[2] He also worked with the Dominican Republic for the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 where they won the countries first ever Gold Medal in Boxing and 2nd Gold medal. As a professional boxing trainer, Diaz trains a stable of boxers and MMA fighters,[3] including Roamer Alexis Angulo, Ivan Baranchyk, Xu Can, Miguel Cotto,[4] Filip Hrgovic, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Tyrone Spong, and Vitor Belfort.

  1. ^ "MundoBoxing". Mundo Boxing. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  2. ^ "Best I Trained: Pedro Diaz". The Ring. 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ^ "Pedro Diaz in Contact With His Stable, Ensures They Stay in Shape". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  4. ^ "Trainer Pedro Diaz has brought Miguel Cotto back to basis". ESPN.com. 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2021-01-29.