Oscar Diaz is a professional boxer of Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 descent. He is a former NABF welterweight titleholder.

Professional career

Díaz made his professional debut on March 16, 2001, and in 2004 suffered his first defeat to former prospect Ebo Elder

Ebo Elder

Ebo Elder, , is a former professional boxer. He is a former WBO NABO Lightweight titleholder, and has also held the IBA Continental Light Welterweight Title as well as the WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Title.-Pro Boxing Career:Ebo began boxing at the age of two when his father bought him...

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On July 16, 2008, Diaz took on Delvin Rodriguez

Delvin Rodriguez

Delvin Antonio Rodriguez is an Dominican professional boxer in the Super Welterweight division. He fights out of Danbury, Connecticut...

 on ESPN2

ESPN2

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. The game Diaz took serious punishment throughout the fight and was unable to continue in the 11th round of the fight. He then collapsed in the ring. Diaz underwent surgery to reduce the swelling on his brain, and subsequently went into a coma.

Recovery

Diaz awoke from his coma after two months in September 2008, and was reportedly breathing on his own and in stable condition.
According to the San Antonio Express News, Diaz was discharged from University Hospital in San Antonio and moved to a local rehabilitation facility.