Ronnie Shields was one of the worst cornermen I've ever seen

He told him that to calm him down he just got rocked. Diaz career will be over soon getting rocked by Paulie is a very bad sighn for your fighter, I would like to see Diaz Leave the sport in 2 years, I dont like the way he gets beat up.
and for the Record
I really dont care for shields

 

As far as this business about him telling Diaz to take the round off... Shields knows his fighter better than the rest of us. Obviously. Clearly. Diaz was hurt in the preceding round. Perhaps Shields was concerned Diaz hadn't fully recovered? Just maybe??

 

That I agree with. This is boxing. There are no foxholes to hide in. Just my own view, regardless of circumstances.

 

Shields and Buddy Mcgirt, are 2 of the same, they are both horribly bad:-(, a guy would be better of with nobody in his corner,, than those idiots...

 

Shields is terrible! He trained my favorite fighter at one time, who I won't mention because I don't want him linked to Shields, my fighter was unfocused, poorly trained, and Shields only advice for the 7 rounds he was able to advise was "Let your hands go!", but even that pathetic excuse of strategy was'nt heard because there were 3 people talking at the same time. Shields couldnt control his corner even when he tried, his employees didnt respect him and neither did his fighter.

 

Mcgirt doesnt throw out advice, he throws out towels..............into the ring!:-(

 

It was neither good nor bad advice on the face of it. On one hand, Diaz needed to start winning rounds or he was going to lose the fight. On the other hand, he had just been hurt and was losing and Shields wanted Diaz to take a second to gather his thoughts so that they would have a chance going into the late rounds.

 

They had the wrong gameplan for this fight.
They kept trying to go for the body when Pauli wasnt letting Diaz near it. If Baby Bull did the same gameplan in the first fight continously throwing left hooks to the head the fight would of been more competitive, he caught onto it in the championship rounds but it was too little too late.

 

If you watch this fight you will see that Diaz seems to just sit out at arms reach. he had a million opportunities to walk Paulie down, get inside, and go to work. Instead, he just looked at Paulie and Paulie was able to pepper him all night with jabs. For godness sake, Paulie has 5 (count em) 5 knockouts! Why the hell didn't diaz take more chances? Diaz really did not look like he was into the fight.

 

I did'nt have a problem with Shields instructing Diaz to to take a round off........Diaz had been buzzed pretty good in the round prior, and he may not have been in condition to take the fight to Malignaggi.

What I did have a problem with Shields, is him repeatedly instructing round after round for Diaz to throw the jab.

"You got to throw the jab, you got to throw the jab."
Shields was on Diaz about that, even though Diaz through the whole damn fight had made a concerted effort to throw the jab.
Diaz was throwing the jab, but Malignaggi had a beat on it, and was defending it well, and countering it.


The jab was'nt working for Diaz, so it should have been thrown out the window with the emphasis on instructing Diaz to bob and weave to the inside and unleach hooks and rights to Malignaggi's body and head.

When the hell did Joe Frazier ever try to outjab Ali?????

The matchup similarities in styles were similar in style to that of Frazier and Ali..........
When the hell did Eddie Futch ever instruct Frazier to go out there and outjab Ali????
Exactly, never!

What Shields should have done in Diaz' preparation for Malignaggi is show him a copy of the first Ali-Frazier fight and told him, this is how you're going to attack Malignaggi.