Freddie Roach: Nick Diaz is Not a Good Boxer

Wednesday, 08 February 2012 12:44

by Garv

GSP's boxing coach, legendary trainer Freddie Roach, is not impressed by Nick Diaz's boxing performance. In this video interview, Roach says that Nick has good hands, but his footwork doesn't cut it. He feels Nick comes in on a straight line and doesn't cut off the ring well. And this was before the Condit fight.

In the Condit fight, Nick did seem to chase Carlos by going straight at him, but the Octagon is not a boxing ring. It's huge and it has no corners in which to trap a fighter. Still, when Roach speaks it's wise to listen, and we'll have to see if Diaz can improve on his footwork in the just announced rematch against Condit.

Here's the video interview with Freddie, who also talks about GSP's comeback after knee surgery.

Comments

#1 Robert James 2012-02-09 09:17

Didn't Roach say that BJ Penn was the best boxer in MMA? Nick outboxed him handily. I take this with a grain of salt.

#2 bob 2012-02-09 18:50

you can'y compare Nick who should be at 185 versus Penn who is easily a smaller boxer.Diaz controls the boxing with his reach,which is what Roach is basically saying,his footwork or actual knowledge is not that great.However you can easily see how good Silva is in all aspects of boxing.

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