Nick Diaz to move to boxing, fight against Jeff Lacy signed

Well that puts an end to GSP vs Diaz rumors then. It has emerged today that both Nick Diaz, and professional boxer, Jeff Lacy, have signed an agreement to meet in the squared circle in fall 2011.

Earlier today, Jeff Lacy's camp put out this press release.

"A few moments ago, former IBF super-middleweight champion & devastating knockout artist, Jeff "Left Hook" Lacy, officially signed on the dotted line to square off against Diaz in the Fall of 2011."

Don Chargin states, "This is a very dangerous fight for both men. Not only is this fight dangerous but stylistically it is very intriguing. I expected more resistance from fight fans and media in regards to this match-up but its amazing as to the hundreds of calls and e-mails I've received from fans on both sides wanting to see this match-up take place. I've received more than a few inquiries from some other very high-profile boxers that want to step up and fight Nick. Its been a real whirlwind."

Chargin continues, "I've been around boxing for quite some time and I've seen a lot of great, tough fighters in my six decades within the sport. I believe that if Nick had been one of those kids who had picked up boxing from a youth, he'd undoubtedly be a world-champion today. Sometime within the next 2 weeks I'll be personally making the trek to Cesar Gracies gym to setup a private, closed door sparring session between Nick and a few nameless top-level contenders I have in mind."

So it looks like it's official then, Mauro Renallo also tweeted:

CG @CesarGracieBJJ tells @mauroranallothat @nickdiaz209's bout with @lefthooklacy has been green-lit

So that's that, we will probably not see a fight between Diaz and GSP like all us martial arts fans have hoped for. Instead, we will have to make do with Diaz taking a very risky fight against a decent professional boxer, who has some very heavy hands.

No date has been announced yet but I would say sometime in August. Diaz recently expressed his frustration with not getting enough money from MMA and cites this as his main reason for testing the waters in the boxing ring.

There has been nothing official from Diaz' camp yet, but it seems like this fight will definitely happen, unless Dana wants to poach him before it's all done, however if Diaz has indeed signed a contract then you can forget about a Pierre super fight. 

I reported about this last month, I also stated how bad an idea I thought this would be, Diaz will not be able to hang with even B level boxers, you wait and see. What are your thoughts?

Props to bloody elbow