Juan Diaz signs with Don King

[+= El Jefe=+]

so it was an open press confrence, cool

i got my pic taken with
Diaz
King
Collazo and
Lyakhovich

[Em1]

If Hopkin, Delahoya and Mosley put on the mean face, reporters would probably be afraid to ask them questions, they all look mean when not smiling - smiling faces tells lies.

I've never seen Mosley not smile.

Can we get some speculation going on who Diaz will fight next? Will it be a tune up or a semi-to-big fight?

[ferocity]

I've never seen Mosley not smile.

Can we get some speculation going on who Diaz will fight next? Will it be a tune up or a semi-to-big fight?

You don't remember the Raul Marquez fight...where Marquez was pissed off at Mosley for head butting him in the fight and making a big cut on his eye braws. After the fight got called off Mosley tried to intimidate Marquez and tell him that he didn't head butt him intentially, though Mosley admitted to head butting him intentially one time, and Marquez keep his cool and took control of the situation and they cleared up the situation. Mosley looked mean that night.

Also boxingscene had a Mosley interview after the Vargas fight, and Mosley didn't smile during one interview

[ferocity]

i got my pic taken with
Diaz
King
Collazo and
Lyakhovich

when you get them developed would be cool if you seen them again and get them to autograph the picture.

[+= El Jefe=+]

when you get them developed would be cool if you seen them again and get them to autograph the picture.

i got autographed pics already

[TheEvilSaint]

well, everybody can expect diaz to get away with some bull**** decisions from now on.

[BrooklynBomber]

well, everybody can expect diaz to get away with some bull**** decisions from now on.

And end up broke.

[cupcrazy01]

King lures guys in with big promises and hardly EVER fulfills them. He gives up cash up front, then lines up a TV date, and after that it's like playing craps trying to get a big fight, or really, ANY fight.

Guys like Collazo get a big fight (Rivera), and then they get put on the backburner. Collazo's next fight was against the ANCIENT Miguel Angel Gonzalez, a joke of a fight for a welterweight titlist. Gonzalez lost his previous fight vs. Cory Spinks and still got another title shot, a Don King trademark (see: Andrew Golota). Collazo was lucky to get the Hatton fight, since Lazcano got hurt. But since his great performance vs. Hatton (albeit a loss), he has gotten NOTHING out of it. A rumored fight vs. Margarito never materialized (King/Arum difficulties $$$), and now he's fighting off TV on Nov.4 against surely a joke? (Much like Jean-Marc Mormeck's last fight, off TV on the Spinks-Karmazin undercard).

Diaz will get his Nov.4 showcase, but what will King be able to do after that? One good thing for Diaz is that King's presence in the heavyweight division is diminishing, so he may actually pay more attention to him, especially with the big money deal. Also, it is only a one year (or so) deal, so that gives Diaz some leverage.

[cupcrazy01]

Briggs is in the same boat. Signs with King just to get the Liahovich fight on Showtime, and who knows what after that. If he loses, probably nothing of relevance, and even if he wins, King doesn't work with the Klitschkos (more like vice versa) and only Valuev would be an option. But King HATES unification fights, he's proven that over the last 3-4 years.

Whereas if Briggs had stayed with Warriors, even with a loss (to Wladimir) he'd be back on one of those dismal PPVs making some money KO'ing bums. We'll see how these two deals pan out.

[+= El Jefe=+]

Briggs is in the same boat. Signs with King just to get the Liahovich fight on Showtime, and who knows what after that. If he loses, probably nothing of relevance, and even if he wins, King doesn't work with the Klitschkos (more like vice versa) and only Valuev would be an option. But King HATES unification fights, he's proven that over the last 3-4 years.

Whereas if Briggs had stayed with Warriors, even with a loss (to Wladimir) he'd be back on one of those dismal PPVs making some money KO'ing bums. We'll see how these two deals pan out.

he said all the roads lead to Valuev, he wants an unification fight after this