Nick surely is a friggin' idiot if this is true. Even on a 3 year lay-off I don't see Diaz being able to beat Vargas. http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/news/story?id=6069822
The Vargas who beat Campas, Marquez, Wright and Quartey is no longer. That Vargas outboxes and stops Mayorga. MMA love choosing old and/or shot boxers. Can you believe Vargas is only 33. Man does he have some ring years on him.
Vargas would trash him even now. Diaz' boxing wont transfer over to pure boxing well at all. He has little on his punches, and the range on his jabs wont mean anything unless he has something to back them up with, lets remember his power diminishes a bit with the bigger gloves, his somewhat light punches will be even lighter. Idiotic move on Diaz' part. But good payday.
He has to do stright up boxing sparring...I suspect he knows from that he aint the level of Vargas..hell he has called out mayweather and pac....I'm sure he would call out Wlad klit if he could as well.....truth is he is looking for a big pay day.
I would love to see this happen...mainly to see Nick Diaz splattered on the canvas. I sure hate that guy. His pitter patter punches would feel like a feather duster in 8 oz. gloves.
Diaz calling out Vargas and Silva wanting to fight Jones are two examples of truly elite MMA wanting to box shot to **** fighters.
does no one remember how shot and terrble vargas looked in his last fight, he is sofar from where he was beating quartey and wright, diaz has been in competitive sport the last 3 years whereas vargas.....god knows what he has been up to.....anyone who thinks diaz has no chance is ******ed
I'll bet by the time it would happen Vargas would have had 2 to 3 fights into his comeback. I just can't see Diaz standing up to the beat he will undoubtedly take.