I like Diaz, but he doesn't have much of a future at the top of 140 or 135. All the titleholders at both weights would abuse him, so he would have to be very careful. He could beat the 2 interim titleholders at 135 (DeMarco and Katsidis) though.
Hopefully he goes back down and fights Guzman in a GBP redemption fight. Where he'd get schooled again.
juan diaz is still a very good fighter but imo he is no LWW, just look at the size difference between him and paulie, bradley, holt, these guys are just so much bigger than him.
i hear hes been talking of moving up to 140 permanently, instead of going up in weight he should be looking at losing the weight and getting down to 130. i know not everyone has been given the athletic body of bradley or haye but when you look at diaz you can't dipsute the fact that he has some baby fat.
if he is serious about his boxing now (and he should be now that his studies have finished) then he should get himself down to 130. he could be a colossus down at that weight.
if he continues at 135 or 140 he becomes another top 10 fighter who is a stepping stone for great fighters. if he gets to 130 he could be hell on wheels.
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