Juan Diaz and his people have it all wrong!

[tracylee]

Ebo Elder won't be an easy fight. He's not a great fighter, but that is one tough little ****er. Did you see his last fight? Face swollen up so bad he looked even more inbred than normal, beaten soundly for 12 rounds, yet still pulled out the KO in the last round.
If I were trying to prime a fighter in the lightweights, Ebo Elder is someone I would avoid just because of his toughness. He could really kill the confidence of a young fighter.

I saw that, and spent the remainder of the night wondering if the praying he did after the fight was for real, or for the cameras...that bugged the hell out of me for hr's , not knowing which was the case!

[Sir_Jose]

Ebo Elder won't be an easy fight. He's not a great fighter, but that is one tough little ****er. Did you see his last fight? Face swollen up so bad he looked even more inbred than normal, beaten soundly for 12 rounds, yet still pulled out the KO in the last round.
If I were trying to prime a fighter in the lightweights, Ebo Elder is someone I would avoid just because of his toughness. He could really kill the confidence of a young fighter.

Are you kidding?

Elder would be a walk in the park for any top guy at 135 or 140. Yes he is tough and his fights are exciting, but they are exciting because he doesn't have the skill to seperate himself from his opponents and has to fight that way.

A win against Courtney Burton is nothing to brag about the guy is horrible especially when a fighter struggled so badly with him.

[scap]

Ebo Elder is a very tough ****er as someone said earlier but he will never win a legitimate world championship...hte guy is a b level fighter at best...easy pickings for the top guys in the division, easy pickings!

[damonbleed]

I like Juan Diaz.His problem is he slaps his punches instead of the end of his fist.Diaz might have a little more power if he did use the end of his fist.

[hollister]

I think Diaz should move down as well. He already gets hit too much, at least if he moved down, he might face some slightly shorter opponenents with less power, however slight the difference might be, and be able to make more money fighting the big names at 130. Besides, he looked soft in there, and the Canadian punching bag just made everything look worse. Did anyone else notice that there were a lot of spots in the fight where Diaz stopped punching? I don't believe that Billy's hook was hard enough to worry Diaz, he just stepped back because he was afraid of running out of gas.

[dansweeney]

I think Diaz should move down as well. He already gets hit too much, at least if he moved down, he might face some slightly shorter opponenents with less power, however slight the difference might be, and be able to make more money fighting the big names at 130. Besides, he looked soft in there, and the Canadian punching bag just made everything look worse. Did anyone else notice that there were a lot of spots in the fight where Diaz stopped punching? I don't believe that Billy's hook was hard enough to worry Diaz, he just stepped back because he was afraid of running out of gas.

alot of spots where diaz stopped throwing punches? what the hell were you watching? how many punches do you want the kid to throw? he throws about 90 puncher per round. tell me somebody at 135 and up who throws more leather than juan?

[hollister]

Yeah, I know what you're saying, and I know he throws a high volume of punches any way you look at it. He just seemed like if he was in with someone that made a real effort to make a fight of it, he would probably run out of gas. It seemed like he would go all out, and then have to rest...go all out and then rest, like he was working the heavybag. So, I'm not trying to knock his punch output, he a good fighter, but IMO it seems like he's already as good as he's going to be.

[vB Martin]

I don't think I mentioned him as a possible champion, but I wouldn't put my young fighter in against him.

[hollister]

Yeah, Ebo's a tough guy, did he sound a little "punchy" to anyone else last night?

[tracylee]

Yeah, Ebo's a tough guy, did he sound a little "punchy" to anyone else last night?

Ha ha, hard to tell really! He always sounds a little 'funny' to me