Jeff Lacy says he is more than interested in "putting his fist in Nick Diaz's mouth"
Posted on April 18, 2011, 11:26 PM by Joey Santosus"Honestly, I was a little stunned. Nick has accomplished a great deal in mixed martial arts and is certainly one of the best in the sport. But getting in the ring with me for a boxing match is a path he needs to be very wary of taking. I’m willing to put it all on the line anytime, anywhere! For the right price, I’m more than interested in heading to his turf and put my fist in his mouth and silencing him." (via MMAMania.com)
It appears that former Super Middleweight champ Jeff Lacy is more than willing to welcome Nick Diaz to the sweet science. In a recent interview with HDNet, Diaz openly questioned his future in Mixed Martial Arts and revealed that his next fight would likely be contested inside a boxing ring, not a cage. Though the Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu product initially called out two-time Light-Middleweight champ Fernando Vargas, his camp switched their focus to Lacy after learning that Vargas' medical issues would make him unlikely to accept the fight.
Undefeated in his last ten outings, Diaz is widely considered one of the most effective boxers within the sport of MMA. His unorthodox striking style has earned him recent victories over former professional boxer KJ Noons, Brazilian Muay Thai specialist Evangelista Santos, and the heavy-handed British bomber Paul Daley. But what do you think LowKick'ers? Can the Stockton Bad-Boy translate that success into the world of professional boxing and actually compete at the highest level?
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sounds kinky
Yeah, was said a little weird. Either way, I want to watch Nick fight but I would prefer MMA.
Diaz will do as well in a professional boxing match with a champion, as Toney did with Randy Couture.
They are two different sports and these fighters would do well to respect that.
i dont think diaz should fight lacy . i think lacy is too much rite now for diaz !
Do you seriously think Jeff Lacy is worried about losing to any MMA fighter in a professional boxing match? I would not be worried. If I were a boxer who is dominating the sport, I'd just be working cardio all day to prep for any MMA fighter my friend!
Wow...
Lol, I don't see how it was said weird... I think you guys have your minds in the gutter : p
A full grown man "liking" to fist another full grown man sounds pretty strange to me
exactly, its just not accepted by todays society
yeah, and better keep quiet now, a certain fister might sue me for political incorrectness or something
Lacy gonna put him in a nice lace dress and then knock him out.
Ha! I remember when he had the nickname 'Left Hook'... what nickname does he have now after the surgery?
Lacy's days of being a top contender are over.
I dont know too much about him, but he seems to have bounced back from that surgery of 2 years ago.
Hell, I want to see this fight ! I believe Nick can do it, especially he got a Great Chin and No One knocked him out yet so... And he got a good gas tank in him.
a former pro boxer in Jeremy Jackson actually knocked him out in the early 2000s, not very relevant but he has been KOd
No "MMA" fighter has ko'ed him! Its a totally different game! Think about Toney VS Couture in a boxing ring!!
Sounds like Lacy believes he can make some money with this fight too.
the more talking i hear Nick boxing the more i want to see him in a boxing match
God damn it i hate boxers. Boxing is not fighting MMA is. If your a boxer your not a fighter just a boxer. Fighting is when you can do whatever you want.
wtf r u talking about moron, how the **** are you supposed to obtain publicity for a fight, doing it behind the media scene??? wow ****ing wow
yeah so many big fights have been signed behind the scenes, not using media to promote them. get the **** out of hear you moron
and wow dude, marking your own comments as funny, what a douche bag joke
here*, people like you frustrate the hell out of me
Gross...lol
He could try, but I think it would take him a few years to really get a high level. MMA and boxing are very very different. For example, in a boxing round, the average of thrown punches is 100, and that's in only three minutes!
Nick neeeds to develop his boxing tecnic.
I don't care who he fights I just hope he knocks Diaz out so bad he doesn't even think of fighting anywhere other than a ufc or strikeforce ring
Nick Diaz has to come back to UFC and fight top guys like Anthony Johnson, Josh Koschek, Jon Fitch, Bj Penn... This will be an other story than strikeforce welterweight division... I am sure that now because it s all Zuffa there is a way...
Cesar Gracie needs to realize that he is Diaz's jiu jitsu coach..... theres no jiu jitsu in boxing. I guess big mouth is out of a job..