Adrian Diaconu vs Tavoris Cloud

Alright, I get this is not the type of marquee matchup that will get a lot of replies but I'm fairly confident it's a topic/fight that hasn't been proposed on this forum. This would be an outstanding fight between two guys that were at their best around the same time but never fought. I think Dicanou was the harder puncher while Cloud was the more active. They both were about the same size with Cloud being about an inch taller. Who wins this fight between two solid pressure fighters that had some pop? I could see Cloud outworking Dicanou like Pascal did but then again I could see Dicanou catching him on the inside with a hook and putting Cloud to sleep. What do you say? Hopefully someone cares LOL.

 

I was four rows back from the ring when Cloud fought Johnson. It was a very physical tough fight. I was really impressed with how Cloud hung with a tough guy like Johnson. I could hear Johnson grunting as he was digging to the body but Cloud was always firing right back. It was a really good fight to see live.

 

I didn't think Hopkins was going to beat him. We all saw Hopkins hold off a strong Pavlik but Pavlik was not a full fledged light heavy like Cloud was. I really thought Cloud would overwhelm BHOP but he never did. BHOP was so smart, he completely handcuffed Cloud that night.

 

You are correct. I will never forgot that night. Cory Spinks lost to Bundrage on that card as well. There was talk about him fighting Floyd next had he beat Bundridge because Floyd was looking for a belt at 154 at that time. That would have been a great payday for Corey. Instead, that was pretty much the end for him.

 

Yeah, I just thought the wheels were finally going to fall off Hopkins against Cloud but I was wrong. There was something about watching Cloud live and up close like that that made me think he was going to be the guy to beat BHOP but man was I wrong. Cloud was pretty much a limited banger that had good stamina and at his best could outwork/out fight a lot of really good fighters but not special ones like Hopkins, Stevenson and Beterbiev. If you are going to have three losses on your record/ no shame in losing to those three.

 

Yeah Corey's style was definitely not for everyone but he was from my hometown, a good guy and the son/ nephew of two of my favorite fighters ever. I have seen him fight more times then I can count as both an amateur and a pro. I forgot to mention I also saw Cloud beat Yusef Mack live as well. Didn't have as good of seats for that one but he was impressive in that one as well. Don King use to have a lot of cards in St Louis back then with Corey and Devon in his stable. I was lucky to hey to see a lot of really good fighters on those undercards.

 

I was at Spinks vs Karmazin. That was a very good close fight. That was a really good card as well. Maselino Masoe vs Randy Griffin was a very good fight on the undercard. Jean Marc Mormeck and William Joppy also had tune up fights that night. I got to meet a few of those guys at the at the weigh in. Joppy was super cool.