Felix Diaz out of fight with ‘badly bruised testicles’

Felix Diaz, the former Olympic gold medalist and current junior welterweight contender, was supposed to make a return to action in Cancun, Mexico, but suffered an unusual injury in training camp.

Promoter Lou DiBella explained it to ESPN:

“He forgot his cup one day so he sparred without it and got nailed in the balls. It caused a real injury. He’s got badly bruised testicles. He took a major shot to the balls without a cup and it caused a lot of swelling. We were trying to get Felix a fight before the end of the year. He’s been eager to fight. It’s a cringe-worthy injury but sometimes life’s a pain in the balls. He’ll be back when his balls are better, hopefully in January.”

You have to tip your hat to DiBella for looking at this with something of a humorous slant, even though truthfully there’s nothing funny about it.

OK, it’s a little funny. I mean, it’s horrible and surely dreadfully painful.

But a little funny.

Diaz, 34, was looking to bounce back from a one-sided loss to Terence Crawford in May. Crawford stopped Diaz (19-2, 9 KO) after 10 rounds of action, and laid a pretty severe beating on him. But he didn’t destroy his testicles.

Good luck to Felix Diaz and his balls.