Thread: Arum announces Pacman possibly wants David Diaz

As for 'the Pac Man', who decisively outpointed Barrera on Saturday night, like the Jeffersons, he could be movin' on up.

"Manny has told me he wants to go up to 135," Arum would say. "Now, I've been talking to Freddie Roach about that and if Freddie agrees - and I think he is agreeing - then we'd go to 135 and seek to capture a lightweight championship, probably against David Diaz."

http://maxboxing.com/Kim/Kim101107.asp

So let me get this straight,there's JMM,Soto/Guzman/winner of Diaz v Diaz. And he chooses David Diaz? This dam sure better not be correct!!

Fuck, I wanted to see David Diaz vs. Katsidis as was discussed for January. Manny needs to at least fight Marquez and then move up. He's ruining a couple of excellent matchups.

The real lightweight champion is Joel Casamayor. The second best lightweight is Julio Diaz. Juan Diaz is third. Michael Katsidis is fourth. David Diaz is fifth. Sad to see Pac go after the least threating one.

Dont no much about David Diaz at all. But mayb after Pac/D Diaz, the winner will face the winner of Ju Diaz/Julio Diaz, with the winner facing Casamayor

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

The real lightweight champion is Joel Casamayor. The second best lightweight is Julio Diaz. Juan Diaz is third. Michael Katsidis is fourth. David Diaz is fifth. Sad to see Pac go after the least threating one.

well david is also a champ. i think its a good way to test the waters at lightweight. remember when pac went up to super featherweight he ran straight to morales and we know what happened there.

i also think juan comes ahead of julio.

If he doesn't rematch Marquez before moving up...he's running.

Originally Posted by wacko3205

If he doesn't rematch Marquez before moving up...he's running.

Agreed, i really don't see any other reason for Pac not to take the fight. If he wins, its all gain, gains money, more glory over the Mexicans, another title, the repuatation of having cleaned up an ENTIRE division....
But by not fighting him tbh i think Pac may well be afraid of the possible loss.

Originally Posted by wacko3205

If he doesn't rematch Marquez before moving up...he's running.

it all depends really on how well jmm does against juarez. if he completely dominates him then it would sure look that way on pac's part.

if memory serves me right, jmm was the one who first ran away from pac.

Originally Posted by KKisser

Originally Posted by wacko3205

If he doesn't rematch Marquez before moving up...he's running.

it all depends really on how well jmm does against juarez. if he completely dominates him then it would sure look that way on pac's part.

Agreed. If Oscar & Arum could work out money differences on Barrera vs Pac II then you know that they could on JMM vs Pac II.

I'm curious to see how Marquez does against Juarez. Marquez is entirely hittable of late due to his stand & trade style...only time will tell.

Originally Posted by wacko3205

If he doesn't rematch Marquez before moving up...he's running.

Not necessarily. Money plays as much a factor in getting fights made as anything. JMM apparently wants equal money. While he may be an equal fighter, he is not nearly as big a name or draw as Pacman and if he holds out for financial parity the fight won't happen.

JMM and his management need to get their heads out of their asses. They always seem to screw up big chances with idiotic business decisions. Whether he deserves as much money as Pac is besides the point. The point is that he is nearing the end of his career and he needs to make the big matches happen right away. So he might get less than Pac for the rematch. If he fights him and beats him it will open bigger doors and purses. I am not saying Manny is dying to have a rematch with Marquez either...he knows Juan poses a big threat to him. But right now JMM is not in the position to be making $$$ demands.

Originally Posted by KKisser

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

The real lightweight champion is Joel Casamayor. The second best lightweight is Julio Diaz. Juan Diaz is third. Michael Katsidis is fourth. David Diaz is fifth. Sad to see Pac go after the least threating one.

well david is also a champ. i think its a good way to test the waters at lightweight. remember when pac went up to super featherweight he ran straight to morales and we know what happened there.

I think this hits the nail on the head!

i also think juan comes ahead of julio.

This will be settled soon enough!

I hope he stays at 130 at least to fight JMM first, though.

Originally Posted by KKisser

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

The real lightweight champion is Joel Casamayor. The second best lightweight is Julio Diaz. Juan Diaz is third. Michael Katsidis is fourth. David Diaz is fifth. Sad to see Pac go after the least threating one.

well david is also a champ. i think its a good way to test the waters at lightweight. remember when pac went up to super featherweight he ran straight to morales and we know what happened there.

Belt's don't mean shit anymore. David in reality is the like the 6th best Lightweight out there. If Pac wants to really test the waters at Lightweight, than let him face Nate Campbell