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DIAZ tells PACQUIAO: "I accept your challenge"
By Salven L. Lagumbay
PhilBoxing.com / 21 Jul 2006
Following what he construed as a direct challenge from superstar Manny
Pacquiao, World Boxing Association lightweight champ Juan "Baby Bull"
Diaz made no bones about his desire to take on the Filipino pound for
pound great after the latter was quoted as saying he could easily beat
Diaz.
Diaz had beaten Filipino Randy Suico last Sunday via a ninth-round
technical knockout underneath the Shane Mosley-Fernando Vargas tiff
to retain his WBA lightweight crown at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
Moments after the win, Pacquiao was quoted as saying he knows the
way to beat Diaz.
"Bring it on. I accept your challenge. Now let's see what happens," Diaz
told Pacquiao in his public challenge over at popular boxing website
**********.
Asked on a possible pay-per-view showdown with Pacquiao, the unde-
feated Diaz said: "I think it would be great and my manager told me
that he wants to fight me now that I beat his (Pacquiao) countryman."
Diaz has recently been calling out linear lightweight king Diego Corrales
for a much-awaited showdown, but following Pacquiao's pronouncements,
he has been forced to take a look at the Filipino icon.
Pacquiao is himself gearing up for a November 18 rubbermatch with Erik
Morales in Las Vegas, so if a fight with Diaz was to materialize, it could
happen sometime early or middle next year.
WBC super-featherweight champ Marco Antonio Barrera is also trying to
lure Pacquiao to a rematch following his eleventh-round shaming at the
hands of the Filipino icon.
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By Salven L. Lagumbay
PhilBoxing.com / 21 Jul 2006
Following what he construed as a direct challenge from superstar Manny
Pacquiao, World Boxing Association lightweight champ Juan "Baby Bull"
Diaz made no bones about his desire to take on the Filipino pound for
pound great after the latter was quoted as saying he could easily beat
Diaz.
Diaz had beaten Filipino Randy Suico last Sunday via a ninth-round
technical knockout underneath the Shane Mosley-Fernando Vargas tiff
to retain his WBA lightweight crown at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino.
Moments after the win, Pacquiao was quoted as saying he knows the
way to beat Diaz.
"Bring it on. I accept your challenge. Now let's see what happens," Diaz
told Pacquiao in his public challenge over at popular boxing website
**********.
Asked on a possible pay-per-view showdown with Pacquiao, the unde-
feated Diaz said: "I think it would be great and my manager told me
that he wants to fight me now that I beat his (Pacquiao) countryman."
Diaz has recently been calling out linear lightweight king Diego Corrales
for a much-awaited showdown, but following Pacquiao's pronouncements,
he has been forced to take a look at the Filipino icon.
Pacquiao is himself gearing up for a November 18 rubbermatch with Erik
Morales in Las Vegas, so if a fight with Diaz was to materialize, it could
happen sometime early or middle next year.
WBC super-featherweight champ Marco Antonio Barrera is also trying to
lure Pacquiao to a rematch following his eleventh-round shaming at the
hands of the Filipino icon.
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