Juan Diaz - Paulie Malignaggi : Done Deal for 22nd August.

[JazMerkin]

I think Diaz' workrate gets him the rounds, in what will be a close fight.

Looks a good clash of styles though, hope this one is on UK TV.

[Majesty]

gotta give both these fighters credit. For guys in their 20s and whether on the ways up or down they will fight anyone. The sad thing is when these guys stepped up in class for the titles they won but when they faced someone great in that class they came up short so this is a battle of who potentially will go on to be great and who will always be known as a good fighter that didn't live up to their potential.

[Bomp]

I think Diaz' workrate gets him the rounds, in what will be a close fight.

Looks a good clash of styles though, hope this one is on UK TV.

I see it the same way. Paulie doesn't have the power to bother him.

[Pugilistic]

I think Diaz will bull rush him, outwork him and win a competitive but clear decision.

Diaz had success getting a excellent counter puncher like Marquez onto the ropes and getting his work in, the problem for Diaz was that Marquez had good power and eventually broke him down with his well timed counter shots.

The difference in this fight is, Paulie has no power to keep Diaz off of him which will be his downfall.

I'm looking forward to it though, a very good clash of styles.

[celtichiggo]

An easy points win for Diaz but should be an interesting fight.

[Hunter]

I think Diaz walks through aything Paulie has to offer and just beats him into submission.....

[Majesty]

Malignaggi doesn't have Buddy as his trainer anymore so that's a step in the right direction and now he is with a trainer that suits his style a lot more, I wouldn't judge the Malignaggi that fought Hatton as the one that's gonna fight Diaz. As progressively worse he got the longer Buddy was his trainer, it's like the first fight they had before he really taught him anything he beat Ndou easily, and then since he looked terrible even barely beating Ndou in the rematch, I'm glad he got rid of Buddy. I think he'll do better against Diaz then people think he will. He doesn't need power to beat Diaz, he needs to stick and move and outspeed him and use that jab, I haven't seen how he looks under his new trainer but I can only hope he looks the way he looked prior to getting with Buddy. If he does I'm going with Malignaggi by UD. But if it's the same guy we saw against Hatton it will end similarly but Paulie won't get stopped.

[HattonTheHammer]

I think Diaz walks through aything Paulie has to offer and just beats him into submission.....

you think paulie will really be that stupid to believe he can go toe to toe with diaz and outfight him?

Ive spent all week trying to make my mind up on this one and i just cant. Big diaz fan and hoping he pulls this out of the bag. But im completely in 2 minds.

If i was a betting man id go with a narrow diaz points win but this really is a toughie to call

[Bomp]

I think Paulie's finished, Juan must have doubts in himself after his losses but I expect him to gain in confidence as he walks through Paulie's punches.

[TheMacMagician]

There is absolutely no shame in being beat by Marquez, so I say that Diaz will still be too ferocious for a definate small light welter in Malignaggi as long as he has the stamina. Paulie has a decent chin and will run for a few rounds with the jab. I'd like to think that if Malignaggi has any pride left he will defend it at all cost and possibly even begin to stand and trade blows four or five rounds in. If he doesn't, it will be Diaz hunting him down and catching him up. Diaz workrate prob takes this one for me too, prob too many punches for Malignaggi to keep at bay.

[killersheep]

What's Paulie gonna do to gain Diaz's respect?

I don't think it will be a knockout, but McGirt's gonna have to pull the plug again after 7-8 rounds of his fighter getting battered around the ring.

[TigerFan]

Diaz by decision.

Diaz' style is all wrong for Paulie IMO. It'll be interesting to see how Diaz comes back after his loss to Marquez.

[DatsiK]

Diaz by decision. Will definately be looking forward to this fight two of my favourite fighters. Think Diaz will be too much for Hatton with his pressure but there's no way he's knocking Paulie out, Paulie's a tough bastard

Think Paulie needs to get rid of Buddy, wouldn't mind seeing him work with someone like Roger Mayweather.

[J_Undisputed]

I think Diaz might have a little trouble with speed and movement off the opening bell, but eventually he'll swarm and pressure his way to a close or split decision over little mac...err... Malignaggi. This will kind of be like the hatton fight only with head movement. In the end, Malignaggi will still have to get in a taxi to get away from his opponent.

[OumaFan]

What I don't quite understand is going up in weight to fight Paulie Malignaggi, why go up in weight to fight a non-entity?

Would this really be seen as that big a win for Diaz? I don't think so. I have no doubt he'll handle Paulie.