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Diaz has boldly claimed he would beat heavyweight rivals Joshua and Fury in a ‘real fight’ despite being considerably smaller than both of them

UFC legend Nate Diaz has claimed he would “f*** up” Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury in a ‘real fight’.

Diaz is considerably undersized compared to boxing rivals Joshua and Fury, weighing around 30kg less and giving up around six inches in height. What Diaz lacks in size he makes up for in grappling experience, being a black-belt in jiu-jitsu with 12 UFC wins coming by submission.

Comparisons between MMA fighters and boxers have been made for years but only a handful of pugilists have tried their luck in the cage, with most of them coming up short. Diaz has put confidence in his grappling abilities whilst discussing hypothetical fights against Joshua and Fury.

They don't stand a chance" - Nate Diaz boldly predicts beating Tyson Fury  and Anthony Joshua in a "real" fight

“I’ll f*** up Tyson Fury. I’ll f*** up Anthony Joshua. All these motherf****rs in a real fight, they don’t stand a chance. It’s like, we’ve got, everybody’s going on boxing [Floyd] Mayweather. We’re playing a little game… I don’t like being like, labelled as an ‘MMA fighter’. I’m a boxer. I’m a Jiu-Jitsu guy. I’m a kickboxer. I don’t like any of the one-dimensional things by itself anyway. I like it all,” he told Sneako.

 

Fury has refused to rule out an MMA crossover and even teased a cage fight with former UFC champion Francis Ngannou before their boxing fight last October. Joshua has shown little interest in MMA but he takes on Ngannou next month in the hopes of securing an undisputed heavyweight world title shot.

Cult hero Diaz is currently a free agent after parting ways with the UFC in September 2022. The 38-year-old made his boxing debut against social media star Jake Paul last August but was dropped on the way to losing a one-sided decision. Diaz admitted he wanted to fight on UFC 300 in April but is open to taking another boxing fight after missing out on the mega-event.

Nate Diaz GALNA påstående om Anthony Joshua och Tyson Fury!

“I wanted to, but I don’t think so,” he said. “I think I wanna do boxing, fight another fighter. I could fight anybody in the world right now, but no one can fight me. Everybody’s locked down to organisations, locked down to the UFC, PFL.” Diaz has been linked to a boxing rematch against Jorge Masvidal in March almost five years on since they first met in the UFC.

UFC LEGEND Nate Diaz has claimed he would “f*** up” Tyson Fury or Anthony Joshua in a “real fight”.

Diaz, 38, threw his hat into the crossover boxing game last year, when he lost to YouTuber Jake Paul in a fifth round defeat.

The UFC star is frustrated by boxing as a sport, and feels that MMA leads to a more realistic representation of how two people would deal with a real fight.

He feels he would take both stars in a street fight, despite weighing a whopping thirty kilograms less than them.

He’s also considerably smaller than both men, measuring six feet in height, with Joshua 6’6″ and Tyson Fury a whopping 6’9″.

While many MMA stars have made the crossover into boxing, only a handful of boxers have gone the other way.

Francis Ngannou recently boxed Tyson Fury and gave a good account of himself, downing the WBC heavyweight champion in the third round.

Diaz told Sneako via The Mirror: “I’ll f*** up Tyson Fury. I’ll f*** up Anthony Joshua. All these motherf****rs in a real fight, they don’t stand a chance.

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“It’s like, we’ve got, everybody’s going on boxing [Floyd] Mayweather. We’re playing a little game… I don’t like being like, labelled as an ‘MMA fighter’.

“I’m a boxer. I’m a Jiu-Jitsu guy. I’m a kickboxer. I don’t like any of the one-dimensional things by itself anyway. I like it all.”

Fury refused to rule out an MMA match with Ngannou during the buildup to their boxing match last October, with many assuming that Ngannou would make light work of the boxer in that form of bout.

Joshua, meanwhile, has shown little interest in fighting in an MMA bout when asked about the prospect.

He takes on Ngannou in March, with the winner assumed to be fighting the winner of Fury Vs Oleksandr Usyk.

Diaz is a free-agent after being let go by the UFC in September 2022, he admitted that he wanted to be a part of UFC 300 but was not called up for the event.

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On rumours linking him with a boxing match against former UFC rival Jorge Masvidal, Diaz said: “I think I wanna do boxing, fight another fighter. I could fight anybody in the world right now, but no one can fight me.

“Everybody’s locked down to organisations, locked down to the UFC, PFL.”

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