Roberto Diaz - The Matchmaker

Roberto Diaz joins us for this week’s episode while enjoying his first ever trip to Ireland. The former Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker was over for the Jason Quigley homecoming and sat down to discuss his relationship with the Donegal contender as well as working with other Irish fighters such as Jamie Kavanagh, Spike O’Sullivan and Aaron McKenna. He goes in depth on what the job of matchmaker entails and why it’s sometimes like being a goalkeeper in football – make one bad mistake and everyone forgets all the great saves you’ve made and blames you for the loss. Roberto’s got an amazing life story too. A cancer survivor, he grew up in San Francisco and nearly fell into gang life before being sent to live with his relatives in Mexico as a teenager. He ended up working in boxing through his friendship with Marco Antonio Barrera and ultimately became one of the most influential people in all of the sport. Here he tells us about working with stars such as Canelo Alvarez, Bernard Hopkins, Ricky Hatton, Erik Morales, Sugar Shane Mosley, and Oscar De La Hoya - and the perils of being a matchmaker. We also look ahead to some upcoming superfights like Gervona Davis v Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney v Vasyl Lomachenko and Katie Taylor v Chantelle Cameron…

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