David Diaz, good father, does not equal David Diaz, Manny Pacquiao slayer.
While Megamanny talks about capturing the WBC lightweight title from the easy-going Chicagoan, Diaz is speaking about how his $800,000 purse has guaranteed his children a decent college education.
Not exactly inspiring, fired up upset maker chatter, is it? Win one for the Bachelor of Arts degree type chatter, yes, but not I?m going to shock the world talk.
Maybe, in Diaz?s limited view of his limited self, he is just being realistic. Let?s face it, he only get here by beating a totally washed up Mexican idol named Erik Morales. And he barely did that, winning by the skin of his teeth.
Maybe DD, jolly good fellow who seems to leave every sparring session with bruises and lumps on his face, is going to take the money and catch his beating.
Nothing wrong with that, of course. Fighting someone with far superior talent does not have to be a suicide mission, it says here.
Diaz put the ?o? in ordinary. In a screwed-up world with four different lightweight title straps, he latched on to one. He?s got the green and gold belt and that?s his Pacman Lottery Ticket which he is about to cash in.
I bet Diaz would be shaking in his boots if he were fighting Nate Campbell or Joan Guzman. And you can be sure that his knees are knocking when he tries to go sleep and thinks of Pacquiao?s slam-pow punching power.
Diaz will finish on the floor, looking up to the bright lights and squinting.
He will be in dreamland, imaging one of his kids getting a degree from Northwestern or Harvard.
And he?ll dream of walking out of the graduation ceremony knowing that child?s tuition has been paid in full.
Getting knocked out by Megamanny may be a nightmare to some. But, to David Diaz, it?s the realization of the American Dream.
