Chicagoan David Diaz will be a huge underdog when he steps into the ring with the Philippines' Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night, but he's talking like a guy who exudes confidence.Speaking at a press event yesterday where the reporters were much more interested in talking to Pacquiao, Diaz said this to Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review Journal:
"If I were Manny Pacquiao, I would be concerned about my will. I will be there the entire fight, and I will stay there the entire fight."Diaz isn't talking trash about Pacquiao -- he also said,"He's done a lot for boxing. I just became champion" -- but he is talking like someone who has a lot more confidence in himself than just about anyone else has in him.
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6-26-2008 @ 9:06AM
The Webloglearner said...
I actually want/wish that Pacquiao wins. Although he recently became a bad model for the Filipino people (with vices and stuffs), he is still a strong figure that inspires a lot of people in the Philippines and he also unite people because whenever he has a match, the crime rate is at the lowest because all are watching and/or listening to a transmission on how this Filipino boxer fares.
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6-26-2008 @ 10:52PM
lagman.dennis said...
Manny Pacquiao is definitely not invinsible... what I am trying to say is that, David Diaz can beat manny pacquiao... I just cant forecast what round it would be.. But my prediction is that it will be a knock-out for Pacquiao....
-Dennis Lagman,
Zamboanga Today graphic artists
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6-26-2008 @ 10:59PM
mandj_nilles said...
if the mexicans were behind Diaz, Filipinos are behind Pacqiuao too coz there are many people here that needs an inspirations than those of the mexico amids of the country's never ending crisis and now the tragedy of the princes of the stars. we the people of the philippines has need for someone to cheer as up in our life, in short, we need a Hero...........Go on manny, gives us a winning edged
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6-27-2008 @ 12:52AM
Leo Rhey M. Geraldo said...
I hope Manny won't underestimate Boxer DD from Chi, just won't work that way. I've noticed the PACMAN smiling in-between rounds in his recent exploits in the ring, after round 2 of of Pacquiao-Marquez II where he got tag with a solid left hook to the chin that almost buckle his knees and during the rematch with Barrera. I also notice the type of fights he displayed were more of a boxer type and no longer the whirlind type of Pacquiao that overwhelms opponents...I long for the Pacquiao that can be likened to a one man wrecking crew which devour the antagonist - torn into bits and pieces...David Diaz as some would say is the weakest of the Lightweight champions, but the fact remains,he's no chump but he is a champion by all means with a big heart, good chin and an olympian to back his credentials, last time I checked, belts are not just given away for free...Our pride - PACMAN must convince the boxing world that he deserves to be considered as the top pound for pound by demolishing Diaz in a brutal fashion...Good luck to both men,Viva Mexico at Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!
Leo Geraldo
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