Nick Diaz vs Jeff Lacey Signed to fight in fall

No link yet but Josh Gross from espn is reporting that a press release is out and the BOXING match is signed by both guys. Nick will get cut wide open before the 3rd round just sayin.............Ill try and find a link.

how do you boxing guys think he'd fair against him

Winnable fight for Diaz. Lacey is shot.

The thing is Nick cuts so easy in boxing it would hurt him every fight not saying he cant win but his scar tissue is going to be a tough thing to overcome. Ill be rooting for ya Nick!

http://www.boxingscene.com/nick-diaz-vs-jeff-lacy-contract-signed-fall-showdown--38892
Ok that looks like a good link to me.

Nick had surgery on his scar tissue a couple years ago and hasn't cut since I don't think.

I thought he cut in the Daley fight could be wrong though. Look at his recent interveiws above his right eye is ate up. We shall see thats for sure, im excited to see how this goes!

Yea there is no way this happens you know. The UFC will offer him GSP instead. More money there than in a freakshow boxing fight.

I've yet to find anyone who keeps up with boxing for reals that really thinks Diaz has a decent shot to win, be it against Lacey or Vargas. I tend to agree. His striking serves him well for MMA purposes but any decent boxer would use the jab and then follow it with big punches right up the middle. Diaz wouldn't have the defensive skills to counter any punches coming his way.

This Lacy character lost to a sub .500 journeyman though in his last outing. Diaz has a shot at least.

We really don't know how good of a boxer Nick is until we see him in a boxing match. An MMA fight is different and he fights accordingly. He could be an excellent boxer for all we know.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

This Lacy character lost to a sub .500 journeyman though in his last outing. Diaz has a shot at least.

Even with that being well known, I'd be surprised if anyone familiar picks Diaz. But anyone has a shot though.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea there is no way this happens you know. The UFC will offer him GSP instead. More money there than in a freakshow boxing fight.

hope your right wolf cause thats the fight I want man.

As I've said before, there's no reason to believe Nick would have any chance in this fight. His boxing would obviously have to be way different than his MMA boxing but that's still little reason to believe he could win

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yea there is no way this happens you know. The UFC will offer him GSP instead. More money there than in a freakshow boxing fight.

Interesting, I read on junkie that the manger says if a GSP fight is offered he will drop the boxing and take the GSP fight. You could be onto something Wolfmyster.
http://mmajunkie.com/news/23515/press-release-announces-nick-diaz-to-box-jeff-lacy-manager-says-gsp-fight-still-possible.mma

GSP-Diaz will happen. Dana already had that douchey smile when talking about ways to get around it and make it happen and now they say they'll drop the boxing if they get that fight. Its going down

bobbitt15 wrote:

GSP-Diaz will happen. Dana already had that douchey smile when talking about ways to get around it and make it happen and now they say they'll drop the boxing if they get that fight. Its going down

I think it will happen if they are allowed to do it. There is that whole "Showtime fighter" thing. But Dana did say last week, "I could probably do whatever I wanted with Nick Diaz". So who knows?

GDPofDRC wrote:

I've yet to find anyone who keeps up with boxing for reals that really thinks Diaz has a decent shot to win, be it against Lacey or Vargas. I tend to agree. His striking serves him well for MMA purposes but any decent boxer would use the jab and then follow it with big punches right up the middle. Diaz wouldn't have the defensive skills to counter any punches coming his way.

It's a very winnable fight for Nick, Lacy has never fully recovered from the beating Calzaghe gave him in 2005.

You would be the first then.

Ali wrote:

GDPofDRC wrote:

I've yet to find anyone who keeps up with boxing for reals that really thinks Diaz has a decent shot to win, be it against Lacey or Vargas. I tend to agree. His striking serves him well for MMA purposes but any decent boxer would use the jab and then follow it with big punches right up the middle. Diaz wouldn't have the defensive skills to counter any punches coming his way.

It's a very winnable fight for Nick, Lacy has never fully recovered from the beating Calzaghe gave him in 2005.

We're still talking about Jeff Lacy against someone with one pro boxing fight who has a boxing style in MMA that doesn't translate to actual boxing at all. Just because the dude spars with Andre Ward every once in a while doesn't really do much for me

I would say 3 to 1 odds for Lacey is about right. Even if he is shot he is still a full time pro boxer Nick isnt.

It depends on the weight and how long Nick takes to prepare.

If it's at Super Middleweight and Nick gets a solid training camp under his belt then a decision wouldn't shock me.

Lacy is shot, he lost a decision last year to a complete nobody, Jeff's 1-3 in his last four fights. An ancient Roy Jones clobbered him about the ring.

Not saying Nick would definitely win, but they couldn't have picked a better opponent in Lacy.

I'd go
- 1200 Lacey
+ 750 Diaz
-200 @ under 4 rounds

I dont think Diaz will get +750 because of who Lacey lost to in his last fight. Also people dont realize how different boxing is and will give Diaz a better shot because he has a big name coming from MMA just my two cents.
BTW GDP what would we do without you thanks for keeping the pickums up to date and adding all these fights!

were assuming that Diaz would use the same style for boxing as he does for his mma fights tho, i'd give him a little more credit then that...