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Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post


You mean the premature stoppage against Holt? I have no argument in that Diaz was losing that fight, he did indeed get totally outclassed just as he was outclassed against Santa Cruz.

But its worth noting that he still put Holt down in the 7th and knocked Santa Cruz out.

I'm not suggesting for an instant that Diaz is anywhere near the class and pedigree of Pacquaio or a prime Casamayor,

But he does have tremendous heart, a never say die attitude and a solid chin.

He's never been an easy fight for anybody and whether or not you think he deserved to beat Morales or not nobody can deny that he came back from an early knockdown and from being behind to outworking Morales down the stretch.

All 3 judges gave Diaz all 6 of the last 6 rounds against Morales.

He doesn't give up, he keeps fighting to the very end and for a guy like Manny who will be above his natural weight class and who lets face it has looked increasingly lacklustre in recent fights, and particulalry vulnurable against Marquez he could be a tricky opponent.

all good points again, yoda.

But there is still the question of how he struggled against a person Pacquiao KO's in a few rounds? Was it the weight? Did it drain him for Manny & empower him for Diaz

Side note---Pacqiao v. JUAN Diaz would be a PPV for me. They could still make it happen.