“This fight is a must win, but I don't think it will make me a break me. By winning, it'll establish me and put me right back up there for bigger fights, but if I lose, it's just another loss.”
Trick question and probably not a fan fooler, either.
It’s Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz, age 25, has a “who cares” HBO bout Saturday night against what is left of light hitting Paulie Malignaggi in Houston.
It’s the “just another loss” part that troubles me. It’s one thing for a top level fighter, an ex-world champion to privately think such a thing but uttering it to a reporter, in this case Peter Lim of the Houston Chronicle, is just another telltale sign that Diaz’s hunger and ambition keeps dwindling.
Although his record is 34-2, 17 KOs, Diaz is talking like an athlete who readily accepts defeat. Fight fans don’t want that kind of mealymouthed palaver coming from a ring star particularly a guy who is supposed to be a hometown hero. I remind you that Diaz has lost two of his last
Can’t you see Joe Fan saying to his pals, “I can’t wait to fork over the money to go out to the Toyota Center and see Diaz lose another fight. It says here in The Chronicle a loss would only be ‘just another loss’ for him.”
Then Diaz compounds his weak as stale coffee comment by opining that his fan base also readily embraces defeat.
“Even though I didn't win my last fight, (the fans) still left there very happy because I gave it 100 percent and I put up the best effort that I could,” Diaz said.
News flash, Juan, you may be a college grad but real fans aren’t content with you just giving it the old college try in the ring.
No one expects trash talk from Diaz because it wouldn’t fit his mellow personality or image.
But, although he should have his way with the punchless Paulie, Diaz is going to discover that he is alienating fans with these careless comments.
Fight fans want to support fighters who talk warrior talk, not guys who act as though ‘just another loss’ is no biggie.
Dumb remarks by an intelligent young man, I guess.
I hope he fights with more enthusiasm and gusto than he talks.
Diaz sounds like his approach is 'just another day at the office.'
Ribbon clerks can speak like that but top level fighters can't.
Keep your apathy to yourself, Baby Bullspitter.
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