Why did Diaz quit in round 6?

[DiegoFuego]

I was thinking the same thing, I said to my brother "Did he just break his hand or something?"

I mean it seemed totally weird. Marquez may have won anyway and showed a lot of poise at age 35 to go to war like that, but still. You'd have to be blind to not notice that Diaz just stopped fighting in round 6 and didn't pick it up again until round 9. I thought he broke his hand at first too because he just flat out stopped what was working.

[Kobe Bryant]

He didn't stop anything. He was getting ****ed up that's why the momentum of the fight switched. Over all the yelling of Lampley for Diaz combos, he was taking some real heat from Marquez that hurt him bad.

[DiegoFuego]

He didn't stop anything. He was getting ****ed up that's why the momentum of the fight switched. Over all the yelling of Lampley for Diaz combos, he was taking some real heat from Marquez that hurt him bad.

I don't buy that for a second. Marquez got next to nothing done until rounds 6-9. I gave him round 3 only because that was the round Shields told Diaz to "box" in. The corner advice was terrible. Unless Diaz told Shields he was winded or hurt, I don't understand the call to box, especially after that 2nd round when he almost KO'd Marquez.

Seems like the easy answer is for everyone to say Diaz got hurt and that's why he stopped, but there was no evidence of that. He just took to plodding around the ring literally out of nowhere.

[Kobe Bryant]

I don't buy that for a second. Marquez got next to nothing done until rounds 6-9. I gave him round 3 only because that was the round Shields told Diaz to "box" in. The corner advice was terrible. Unless Diaz told Shields he was winded or hurt, I don't understand the call to box, especially after that 2nd round when he almost KO'd Marquez.

Seems like the easy answer is for everyone to say Diaz got hurt and that's why he stopped, but there was no evidence of that. He just took to plodding around the ring literally out of nowhere.

There's nothing to buy. After the first few rounds he was getting hit with some devastating shots. He just did a decent job of hiding it by smothering Marquez with his combos.

Plus he got tired. You can't keep up the pace he had for the entire fight, especially when your opponent is investing heavy to the body.

Marquez won the fight I believe. I don't think Diaz lost the fight because what he wasn't doing. Marquez took away the left hook that was landing and Diaz had to try and go to the body. Then once he did Marquez started shooting upstairs and hurt him noticeably.

[Fulcrum29]

You ****ing ****sucker.

I wanted to watch the fight then I seen this.

Son of *****.

You ****ing spoiling douche.

Cant you write.

JMM vs Diaz spoiler?

Jesus.. Ni99as should get warning that lead to bans for that ****.

LOL hahahaha you ****** you didn't want to get spoiled but you came to a boxing site??? holy god you are one of the most ******ed humans ever born.

[DiegoFuego]

I just watched round 5 and 6 again. Diaz has a great round 5. Marquez gets in about 5 good shots but never dissuades Diaz from coming forward and Diaz finishes the round landing the better shots. Marquez suffers a cut over his right eye.

Round 6 Diaz comes out and clearly wins the first minute and a half of the round. Diaz then goes for about 25 seconds without taking hard punches and without throwing any, so Marquez lands some good stuff in the following stretch but nothing Diaz hadn't already felt in all the other rounds. He also doesn't give any impression he's hurt as he keeps coming forward. With about 30 seconds left, Diaz looks frustrated and goes on the attack, but Marquez gets the best of him. Diaz basically spends the last minute only throwing retaliation punches, which is not his thing. He's a pressure fighter, so what made him stop pressuring is my question. He hasn't been shown to tire. He didn't even tire until around round 10 against Nate.

I also need to add that there isn't a lot of investment by Marquez to the body in these 2 rounds.

[Testdead]

what a ****** thread.

[Texanballer]

I think Diaz was just following corners instructions. He said many times in interviews after the Nate Campbell fight he would do whatever they tell him from now on. He says thats part of the reason he lost to nate campbell because he wanted to fight they way he wanted, not what the corner thought was best

[DiegoFuego]

LOL hahahaha you ****** you didn't want to get spoiled but you came to a boxing site??? holy god you are one of the most ******ed humans ever born.

no ****. the main headline immediately tells you who won so if he clicked boxingscene at all he knew who won before hitting up the forums

[Kobe Bryant]

His defense is usally better than what we saw late last night though. I think he just tried to attack too much and got ****ed up.