"I beat the best light heavyweight in the world that night when I beat Glen Johnson!"

Maxx it's knowledge, sorry friend for bringing up Cotto(he's one of my favorites as well) but I was merely trying to make a point...that stylistically Diaconu is a serious nightmare for Dawson....how you can come up with a different conclusion after watching both fight is somewhat amazing....and face the facts, a majority of americans are hypebuying fools and if a fighter hasnt been on showtime or Hbo that must mean they are ****....well this isnt the case at all here...do your research as would any boxing purist, which is exactly what I've done...and its crystal clear

 

I'm just happy to toon in and see Diaconu fight Branco next and then probably Johnson,for those who wanna watch it will be on donkingtv.com

 

Joe Calzaghe looked pretty black that night.

 

What?:nut

 

He beat the best lightheavy apparently :yikes

 

Do you really believe what Dawson says?:-(

 

Obviously not. Glen Johnson has never been the best at any weight class he's fought at, at any given time.

 

He very well could be, but currently..he isn't.

Yes, I do see the problem. The problem is you assume I think Diaconu is **** because I don't rate him as high as I do Tarver or Dawson. That's not the case. He's a decent fighter, with relatively quick hands for his build, decent counter puncher, and good power. But he is limited and has stamina issues. The reason I say Henry is not top level, is because I saw him prior to facing Diaconu on another forum, where a poster who knew Henry personally was always posting his fight videos, and raving about him.

No, he'd still be the same fighter in my eyes. I know generally speaking, people support who they identify with. But me personally, I support the fighters who come to fight, and bring a balance of talent and excitement. I'm a black dude who's favorite fighters are Miguel Cotto and Rafael Marquez. I couldn't care less where a fighter is from. Travis Walker is from my hometown, but I'll be the first one to tell you he's not particularly talented, though I hope he does well. So I think a better question would be, if Adrian Diaconu and Lucian Bute weren't of Romanian descent, would you still feel the same way about them?

 

He is always a good fighter in the past some years,he had that ggreat 2004 but he wasn't the best LHW when Dawson beat him

 

Good post. Although Bute is somewhat more deserving of the build up he's given by his small but dedicated fleet of fans. He's a good fighter.

Diaconu however...I really don't know what guys are seeing. It's a complete mystery to me.

 

If only you could see my fight library.

 

Diaconu is a good fighter,not elite but good

 

Saw any of Diaconu's fights? If yes which ones cuz I am missing a few from my library too?

 

That's pretty simple. USA is not the boxing force they used to be. There are plenty of world champions from other countries now. When the US athletes are not the best, the public go away. The only way to keep people: to organize bouts with only American boxers, old or young, shot or not, and **** the boxing rules. I have a mandatory from outside USA? **** him, that's not important, TV is the important thing. I think boxing is not going well in your country. When I read some threads, where you say a boxer is in his right not to respect the rules... Anyway, the public won't give credibility to a sport where the rules are not respected. So, boxing is dead in USA. Fortunately, Germany, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, are able to organize big fight nights. The future is outside USA.