Gimme your points! Campbell wins in Mexico!!!

[!! Shawn]

I mean I saw him winning the fight but I saw him going toe to toe and getting hit flush and even his head snapped back a couple of times in the early going, but If you saw him roll every single punch that's what you saw. When a clip of the fight is on youtube or on hbo on demand I'll rewatch it just in case, but I remember what I saw. I thought campbell clearly won the fight and even won the early rounds, but I thought he got hit too and wasn't very slick, I'll rewatch it to see if I'm wrong.

Diaz tried to hit Campbell upstairs, but he couldn't connect flush, and he started to drop down to the body. He was only catching elbows, and Campbell was the only one landing effective body and headshots.

I dont know how much you know about boxing. It could be the case that as an experienced observer, a punch that I can tell Campbell rolled with, looks to you like his head getting snapped.

[Mr. Ryan]

the ref wasted the 1st 10 seconds of every round... what was with that?

I thought Diaz had quit on his stool personally.

[adrsan84]

If you noticed, Campbell wasn't just standing in their square, he was moving slightly to the side, dipping, rolling, he's a very skilled in-fighter. Not like Mayweather's style, but the same theory. Maybe even a little like Toney, only not as flashy. Diaz landed clean at times, but Campbell was able to turn a lot of the shots so that they looked like they landed clean but Campbell took a lot of the steam off them by rolling with them.

I can see that, but I thought he was way more effective at it after the first few rounds because i thought he got nailed with some rights and some uppercuts, but I'll rewatch more carefully.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

the ref wasted the 1st 10 seconds of every round... what was with that?

I thought maybe the Diaz corner was trying to buy some extra time with that cut, plus I don't know how experienced that cutman in Diaz's corner was.

[!! Shawn]

I thought Diaz had quit on his stool personally.

So did I. From what I heard in the corner, Diaz corner tried to have the fight stopped about 3 rounds in a row, but they kept saying the doctor has to stop it or something.

Diaz didn't want any more, but he wasn't willing to swallow his pride and outright quit.

[robjr]

yea at the end of the day.. nate surpassed all odds.. being a heavy underdog.. and eventhough juan lives in US.. still treated as a fighter of mexico.. and a point that had no reason to be deducted.. props to campbell. he earned that IBF

[!! Shawn]

If you noticed, Campbell wasn't just standing in their square, he was moving slightly to the side, dipping, rolling, he's a very skilled in-fighter. Not like Mayweather's style, but the same theory. Maybe even a little like Toney, only not as flashy. Diaz landed clean at times, but Campbell was able to turn a lot of the shots so that they looked like they landed clean but Campbell took a lot of the steam off them by rolling with them.

He fought just like Toney, right down to the James Toney up jab from the hip.

[STEELHEAD]

Haha, great fight by both guys. Alot of people picked Juan Diaz as the second coming of Roberto Duran, which is what bothered me. Nate Campbell gave the fight of his life and really beat him. There was a reason Diaz wasn't matched with slick fighters, and we saw exactly why.

I'm sorry to say but Juan Diaz looks like his tank is out of gas as a fighter. The same story as Ricky Hatton, who ran into Luis Collazo and was never the same. Diaz can't fight any other style and he's been taking alot of punishment in his short career. I think he's out of gas personally.

Skills, Mgkirkpatrick, and whoever else is in my sig, gimme my points!

got to hand it to you.
you should of bet me.
i offered.

[robjr]

got to hand it to you.
you should of bet me.
i offered.

yea I was going to bet you steel but I bet someone who gave me better odds

[mexpwr915]

I also saw this fight as a bad matchup for Diaz in terms of style of fighting... i also saw Diaz fight a few times before this and I wasnt entirely impressed. I had Campbell in UD but somehow it was a SD? PFFF... anyway

Big props to Nate on this win!