H2O Sylve faces JoJo Diaz in live MF Pro boxing event

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Ashton “H2O” Sylve picked up a solid decision win over a still-game, still-tough veteran in Joseph “JoJo” Diaz tonight in Long Beach, Calif., headlining an MF Pro show on DAZN. Sylve (14-1, 10 KO) scores his best win since his 2024 loss to Lucas Bahdi, and by quite a bit his best win since then, even considering Diaz (34-10-1, 15 KO) is well past his best. But no matter how many losses rack up, JoJo Diaz seems to refuse to lose the desire to be out there and fight to his absolute best. We saw veteran guys on this same show who have lost that desire — with respect to Juan Carlos Burgos, who put in his shifts over a long career. JoJo is not one of those. He was fighting hard in this one until the end, and he had some good rounds late. The second half of the fight was a lot better for him than the first. What should be worrisome to the Sylve side is the second half for their, much younger guy, was a lot worse than the first. Sylve definitely saw his energy dip late, which is natural, but it was to a greater degree than Diaz. Maybe that’s conditioning, maybe it’s just wasting too much energy at times. But there were some troublesome moments for Sylve in the last few rounds, for sure, and JoJo did what he could to give himself a shot at the upset. But Sylve passed the test here. It’s not the forever test, but this fight was about seeing how he’d respond to someone like Diaz; while not really an on-paper threat to win, Diaz, again, still fights hard. He’s a pro. He’s tough. He does not go away easily. And he gave Sylve the work needed in that regard. Diaz can again be proud of his effort, even in defeat. And Sylve and his team should be able to look back at this fight and take a lot away from it — what was good, what can get better, and hopefully keep rebuilding the confidence and get him back on track. At 22, he can put the KO loss to Bahdi behind him and keep on working. There’s a lot of years left to go.

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Ashton “H2O” Sylve will look to get the hype train back on track when he faces veteran Joseph “JoJo” Diaz in an MF Pro main event tonight from California. The 22-year-old Sylve (13-1, 10 KO) has won two low-level fights following his stunning KO loss to Lucas Bahdi in 2024, after which he and Most Valuable Promotions parted ways. Diaz (34-9-1, 15 KO) is shop-worn but still fiery at 33, and does represent a step back up in competition for the young fighter. There will be other prospects in action tonight, as well, and we’ll be here from 8 pm ET with live results and reactions in this post, plus live discussion down in the comments section. Join us! How to watch H2O vs JoJo Start time: 8:00 pm ET Streaming: DAZN (subscription, worldwide) Location: Thunder Studios – Long Beach, CA, USA H2O vs JoJo full card and running order Main Event Ashton “H2O” Sylve vs Joseph “JoJo” Diaz, super lightweights, 10 rounds Undercard J’Hon Ingram vs Devin Cushing, lightweights, 10 rounds Amir Anderson vs Jonas Sylvain, middleweights, 10 rounds Ernesto “Tito” Mercado vs Juan Carlos Burgos, super lightweights, 10 rounds David Lopez vs Joey Borrero, welterweights, 8 rounds Kayla Gomez vs Shayntain Creer, super flyweights, 6×2 rounds Ethan Smith vs Jose Rodriguez, super middleweights, 6 rounds Daniel Mercado vs Alejandro De La Rosa, super welterweights, 4 rounds Kevin Gudino vs Alejandro Herrera, super bantamweights, 6 rounds

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Ashton “H2O” Sylve got past a veteran test in JoJo Diaz