Quote Originally Posted by Pacstraightleft View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Julius Rain View Post
Yea that was brutal to watch and cruel to enjoy. By the sixth round I was like they need to stop this, Diaz is going to get permenant damages. Stewart said it best right when Diaz went down, "this didn't have to get to this".

I was glad to see Diaz in the interview though, he was joking around and accepted his defeat. He got a lot of heart and can sustain lots of damages, he has nothing to be ashame of. Like he said himself, "atleast I fought a great fighter like pacquiao".

"Manny was too fucking fast.... I could deal with the power but not his speed. ...I got tricked by his speed.... I gave it my all. His speed is what it sealed it for me. ...His speed was fucking uncontrollable.

The cut didn't bother me. But I thought he had a knife. It's like he was hitting me with a blade. I thought Freddie Roach was in there hitting me too. What can I say? I lost today, I'll win tomorrow. To go like that with a guy like Manny Pacquiao, I think I'm doing pretty good."

-David Diaz
That's an awesome quote.... The guy has a great sense of humour.. Especially after being beaten so badly.. To be able to look at it like that, shows he hasn't lost anything that is truely important....


I think the bold part though needs to be added to the sig of one of the Pac fans on here.. Considering he fights at in the mid 140's, I think he takes some decent speed up to 140 honestly... No one is ever going to be as fast going up 3 or 4 weight classes...
But the way he boxes now and has progressed his style, his speed is all the more deadly... He can pick of brutally fast power punches and not put himself in danger of getting battered and brawled like in some of his earlier fights...
His style progession alone makes me believe he can match Hatton on any night of the year, let alone what he's shown of himself over the last 2 years...

Sure Diaz is not a top champion... But Pac style wise made him look like a club fighter with a LOT of heart and toughness.. It's a toss up how you pick between Pac and Hatton..
But I love it if we could just agree that there is no reason why it should be considered a ridiculous fight by any measure at this stage..