Juan (the blubbery seal) Diaz avoiding Malignaggi rematch

[CFH]

The majority of people thought Malignaggi won the fight. Here's a poll Fight News did after the fight. Those who thought it could go either way or that Diaz won are in the minority.

Diaz-Malignaggi Quick Poll | Fightnews - Boxing News Updated 24/7

I thought Malignaggi outworked Diaz quite convincingly and has a very good case for a rematch on his own turf. It's a shame that The blubbery seal has no desire to prove the public wrong.

That doesn't make it a robbery.

You can argue semantics all you like. I think it was a robbery.

A close fight that could have gone either way by it's very definition is not a robbery. It has nothing to do with arguing semantics.

[Gandalf]

That doesn't make it a robbery.

You can argue semantics all you like. I think it was a robbery.

A close fight that could have gone either way by it's very definition is not a robbery. It has nothing to do with arguing semantics.

Well, we will just have to agree to disagree on this fight then. It was a relatively close fight, but Malignaggi outworked Diaz down the stretch and fought the smarter fight for me. He deserved the win.

I'm sure neither of us could disagree that a rematch would be a decent fight and that it would be fair to have it outside of Texas. It doesn't seem to be on the cards though.

[Kev]

That doesn't make it a robbery.

You can argue semantics all you like. I think it was a robbery.

A close fight that could have gone either way by it's very definition is not a robbery. It has nothing to do with arguing semantics.

I thought it was a competitive fight, but with competent judging I can't really see how it could have gone either way.

Paullie won that fight for sure, he simply won more rounds. It's only the appalling standards of boxing judging generally that allows for conjecture and subjective opinion when the fight is not a landslide win for one guy.

I'm very suprised that anyone totalling up the rounds and scoring professionally could give that fight to Juan, who I thought was pretty badly exposed in that fight, against a non puncher who fought at a catchweight for him and came in dehydrated.

Diaz is finished as a top level fighter, but hopefully Paullie will get another shot at a big name in the future.