Comments Thread For: Joseph Diaz: I'm a Little Upset - I Felt I Did Enough To Beat Rakhimov

[Oldskoolg]

As a great field grade officer from the USMC by the name of Payne said, “you can find sympathy in the dictionary between S-h-*-t and syphilis.” Get in proper shape and take your championship seriously next time.

[VashDBasher]

I believe he won that fight by a close margin, but he barely squeaked by. Diaz better not lose that motivation that he had before. He had many distractions coming into this bout.

[GBP4LIFE]

JoJo won this fight & we know the russian is a scumbag juicer

[Mammoth]

JoJo won this fight & we know the russian is a scumbag juicer

There was testing for this fight or no?

[BlackR0bbb]

I'm not a fan of Diaz, but i honestly had him winning 8 to 4. Rakhimov simply wasn't busy enough in the second half to deserve a draw.

[Shadoww702]

That doesn't make much sense. His punishment for not making weight was losing his title. That's more than enough, so why should he just accept any decision on top of that? It was a close and competitive fight, but I agree with Diaz that he should have gotten the nod; by 7-5 rds or 8-4. Rakhimov was game and aggressive, but a lot of his flash punches were being completely blocked by Diaz' high guard. Jojo repeatedly blocked 3 and 4 punch combinations and landed clean back, so not sure at all what guys like Chris Mannix were seeing.

Makes PERFECT sense.

Cheating and losing a title for it should not be enough. If anything that in other sports would be a DQ.

You need me explain what a DQ means??? Or is???

"In sports, an ejection (also known as dismissal, sending-off, or disqualification) is the removal of a participant from a contest due to a violation of the sport's rules".

[Shadoww702]

There was testing for this fight or no?

No I don't think they did? Both can and could of cheated...We just all know witch one made weight at least…

[_Rexy_]

You come in four pounds overweight, you're not gonna get the nod on close rounds.

[landotter]

That doesn't make much sense. His punishment for not making weight was losing his title. That's more than enough, so why should he just accept any decision on top of that? It was a close and competitive fight, but I agree with Diaz that he should have gotten the nod; by 7-5 rds or 8-4. Rakhimov was game and aggressive, but a lot of his flash punches were being completely blocked by Diaz' high guard. Jojo repeatedly blocked 3 and 4 punch combinations and landed clean back, so not sure at all what guys like Chris Mannix were seeing.

I get what your saying. I do. But Diaz has made it sound like he was robbed of both his victory and put in a position where it was unfair for him to make weight. Forget his opponent made the scales work in the exact same conditions, and that his opponent was more active than him in the fight. The first thing out of fighters camp after an embarrassing showing like that (being 4 pounds over the limit, not his ring effort which was legit) should have been personal responsibility for not making things right. I am shocked that an established and respected fighter like him is full is excuses and finger pointing.

You are right though. One is seperate from the other. The fight was allowed to go on and Rakhimov still had a chance to win a title Diaz did not. The punishment had already been given and Diaz has the absolute right to dispute the fight judging. Just rubbs me the wrong way.

Love your signature by the way, Nacho.

[NachoMan]

Makes PERFECT sense.

Cheating and losing a title for it should not be enough. If anything that in other sports would be a DQ.

You need me explain what a DQ means??? Or is???

"In sports, an ejection (also known as dismissal, sending-off, or disqualification) is the removal of a participant from a contest due to a violation of the sport's rules".

Wth point are you making?? Pure nonsense. This is not a hockey forum.