How was Diaz protected or exposed? His last 5 fights have all been with good name fighters. He gave a good account of himself in the J.M.M. fight before losing, no shame in that. He suffered a bad cut in the Campbell fight, where he didn't react to well with it. Without the cut, the fight might have been different, who knows. Still made a good account of himself there as well.
Does Paulie really have to KO him to win a decision in Houston? Katsidis he dominated easily, and only won a SD. The J.M.M. scorecards were very fair at the time of the stoppage as well. What decision has Diaz won where you would say the other fighter was robbed?
I'm not saying Diaz is the best fighter out there, but I just disagree with your post.
there was an awful lot of pfp diaz buzz after the freitas fight...but if you look at freitas,he was almost 32,and this was freitas 3rd fight in 2.5 years...
up until then,diaz had been basically fighting carefully selected opposition....once he really stepped up vs campbell/katsidis(to a lesser extent)and marquez(smaller man),things changed a good bit....
campbell wasn`t close(regardless of the scores),and diaz couldn`t overpower marquez....he really isn`t that big a puncher...i still think he`s been protected and when he stepped up,things got hairy for him...
i`ll tell ya`,i really wanted to take a shot with malignaggi....if he could punch even a little bit,i`d forget about the venue,the promotion,the small ring and all the other advantages that diaz has built into this fight.....
still might throw a few bucks away on paulie...but as i indicated,paulie`s here to lose....he`s here because he`s looked pretty bad in his last few fights....they realized they overplayed their hand with diaz so they put him in with a guy that shouldn`t be able to hurt him...
diaz is a good,busy fighter..he`s even better vs somebody he can bully,or a ridiculously slow footed opponent like randy suico.......he`s no pfp guy,though...that was ridiculous,based on what he had accomplished...
that`s all i`m saying...