Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel_K View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
Yeah Santa Cruz should get another title shot.

Personally I think Casamayor, Campbell, David Diaz and Santa Cruz are the guys who can reasonably stake a claim to being the divisions champion.

I imagine Casa and Diaz will both fight over Pacquaio, Barrera and maybe Marquez whilst Campbell might get frozen out and need to face Santa Cruz.

Then we should just be a fight or two away from having a universally recognised champ.

Call me crazy but I actully think David Diaz may stun everybody with a win over Pacquaio and then another win over Cambell or Casamayor.

He's underatted imo.
Campbell, Casamayor and Santa Cruz I can understand, but how exactly does Diaz stake a claim to being the division's champion?

He won a interim title (against Santa Cruz btw, but he didnt exactly have a claim to the title at that point) which was somehow awarded a full title ahead of Casamayor. He then robs Erik Morales, who was hardly the division's champ either, before finally defeating Ramon Montano on a MD last week.

I haven't seen Diaz' last fight, so he might have looked like the shit for all I know, but I still don't get what merits him having a stake of the title?
I'm not saying he can stake a claim to being the champion, I'm saying he deserves a fight against Casamayor and Campbell as much as Santa Cruz.

He's another belt holder and let's be honest this division is in a complete state of flux right now. Casa looked like shat against Santa Cruz, Cambell was in no man's land only a couple weeks ago and Santa Cruz has never even held the title and got knocked out by Diaz.

None of these four can really lay claim to being the division's best but all four of them deserve a chance to fight for that chance.

The Morales fight was close and competitive, it could have gone either way, it was certainly no robbery. Adding in that Diaz knocked out Santa Cruz prior to that he has as much right for a unification fight as Casa, Campbell and Santa Cruz imo.

Diaz WILL give Manny problems if they fight. He's a relentless pressure fighter with a great chin. He's never been legitimately stopped and although down a couple times always gets up and keeps moving forward. If Pacquaio's power doesn't carry to 135 and I think it's entirely possible that it may not, Diaz could be a nightmare for him in the same way Campbell was for Juan Diaz.

I never understood why he gets so much hate to be honest, only one loss, against a very slick Kendall Holt in a premature stoppage, two wins over Zab Judah in a great amatuer career and wins in the pro ranks over Santa Cruz and Morales.

Sure he's limited and would be no match for a prime Casamayor or a Manny Pacquaio in his natural weight class but imo he's well positioned to cause a couple upsets right now.

He's still very much a factor in this division.