David Diaz Wants Pacquiao
Written by Ms. Confuse on Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Chicago-based David Diaz has had enough of the talks about another Pacquiao-Marquez rematch. In an interview on Tuesday, March 25th, Diaz broke his silence. "Its now my turn to face Pacquiao. Marquez had all his opportunities to put away Pacquiao during the last fight but failed," he said.
He added that the decision of the fight could have gone either way. Diaz is a WBC lightweight champion who was born in Chicago from Mexican immigrant parents. He fought in the undercard match of the Pacquiao-Marquez fight dubbed the "Unfinished Business" in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marquez lost to Manny Pacquiao via narrow split decision.
"Up to the 10th round, my score card was almost even. I give Manny Pacquiao the edge in the 10th and 11th rounds. Although, Margquez won 12th and last round, it was not a big round to overcome Manny's edge," Diaz said. "Manny won the fight."
Diaz is alted to fight Pacquiao on June 8 in Las Vegas "if Manny's cut has healed enough." "[Ours] will be a great fight," Diaz assured. "I want to make the Filipino boxing fans happy. I just hope I can beat Manny and end his long streak of beating Mexican boxers," according to Diaz.
Diaz who earned $50,000 in the undercard fight after winning the majority decision over Ramon Montano, has been dreaming to collect a big paycheck if he can face Pacquiao who earned $5M. "It was very clear Marquez lost. Just watch the replay of the bout," Diaz suggested. "Marquez should stop winning," He said Marquez' plan to face Pacquiao should no longer be discussed.
Diaz (34-1-1, 17 KOs) dominated much of the action on his second defense since winning the interin title with a 10th-round knockout of Jose Armando Santa Cruz in August 2006 in /mandalay Bay. A 1996 US Olympian who quit boxing a few years afterwards, Diaz couldn;t seriously hurt Montano, a light puncher with no big names on his resume.
Two judges favored Diaz, while another scored bout 95-95. "I felt sloppy [that night]. I was trying too hard for knockout," Diaz was quoted as saying. "It wasn't my best performance, but the 10 rounds of hard work were really good."
Diaz and Pacquiao, are expected to meet at Mandalay Bay in June 28, when Pacquiao moves up to 135 pounds. Pacquiao hopes tht fight will set up a unification bout with three belt champion Nate Campbell in Macau later in the year.
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