Louisiana Tech University’s College of Education will lead a key initiative from the Louisiana Department of Education that is designed to support new teachers in the state this year.
Jamie Munguia vs Maciej Sulęcki is back on for the summer after their original date fell through.
Munguia was set to face Sulecki in a middleweight contest on April 23 before the latter had to withdraw due to an injury. D’Mitrius Ballard was briefly installed as a replacement before he, too, suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw.
Many considered Sulecki to be the more interesting opponent for Munguia, and all things considered Sulecki is a serviceable test for his third fight at a new weight class. Munguia’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya expressed his excitement for the return of one of his young stars.
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Joseph Diaz Jr missed weight on Friday and couldn’t retain his IBF junior lightweight title, but Shavkat Rakhimov didn’t get the judges going his way to take it for himself either, leaving the 130-pound belt vacant after a majority draw on DAZN.
Judges had the fight 114-114, 114-114, and 115-113, the last card for Diaz. Bad Left Hook scored the bout 116-112 and 116-112 on separate cards, both giving the fight to Diaz, for what that’s worth. DAZN’s Chris Mannix had it 114-114.
Diaz (31-1-1, 15 KO) was nearly four pounds overweight on Friday, but it didn’t seem to really affect his performance in the ring, though that’s often the case, especially when fighters don’t try to make weight a second time with any further draining over a couple of hours. (In this case, since Diaz was over two pounds past the limit, the commission doesn’t allow a later attempt to weigh in.)
Jo Jo Diaz and Shavkat Rakhimov were held to a majority draw as the IBF Super Featherweight title remained vacant Photo Credit: Tom Hogan-HoganPhotos/Golden Boy Promotions
Golden Boy and DAZN teamed up for a night of championship boxing, and in the main event, Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Diaz and Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov couldn’t be separated in a majority draw in California on Saturday.
Diaz (31-1-1, 15 KOs) lost his IBF Super Featherweight title on the scales, as he came in over three pounds overweight at Friday’s weigh-in, but Rakhimov (15-0-1, 12 KOs) was unable to claim the vacant belt for himself as the contest went to a stalemate.