You're you're 6 and one
at this point, and I'm.
I'm curious, despite your recor,
it feels like, you know,
you keep getting discredited
by my boxing critics no
matter who you're fighting,
and I'm wondering if that's
something that motivates you or
something you just ignore entir.
Well, both will. Both, you know,
like it motivates me to prove these people
wrong and to show them that I'm different,
you know, and you don't see any boxer.
Who's six and one?
Or even when I was four and oh,
taking on eight round fights,
taking on champions,
former champions and now going
10 rounds in my eighth fight.
You you just don't see it.
And so they could say all of these things.
But most boxers, you know,
Dremonte Davis fighting a guy wo
has no wins in his eighth fight.
The list goes on and on and on.
Most fighters build up.
Their Their fights with these
journeyman trash can taxi drives
and they just go in there and kk
them out until their 25th fight.
Then they fight someone good.
So I'm sitting in a new precedent in the
sport and when there's critics there,
there's a massive upside.
You want people to be talking about you.
You're you're obviously a
favorite again for for this fig.
And you know, I think the averae
person would say Nate Diaz has
been kind of nonchalant, you kn,
being late for interviews,
leaving press conferences.
I I just wonder how seriously du
think he's actually taking this fight?
Well, I know he's taking it seriously.
You know, the the rumors on the streets.
He's sparring 2030 rounds,
doing triathlons to get in shapd
this is a massive moment for hi.
This is a legacy fight for both of us.
You know, for me, if I lose,
it's like, ah ha ha, the gig is.
And for him, if he loses,
it's like he can't go back to the UFC and
do all the things that he wants to do.
And he's, you know,
that's supposed to be this gang,
crazy, insane fighter,
legendary, blah, blah,
blah, amazing striker,
never been knocked out all of these things.
And so I have the opportunity
to put the nail in his coffin.
You say talking about going back to UFC,
I'm kind of wondering like,
how do you even train for a guyr
prep for a guy who hasn't, you ,
been in a boxing match before?
Well, I mean, it's a little bit different,
but he's been boxing with, you ,
Andre Ward since years and years ago.
He grew up that, you know,
that's his first martial art
and he's been in the boxing gym.
So he has that boxing style.
He has that striking style.
He stopped Conor McGregor with his fist, so.
He is a boxer, but he does have
a little bit of a funky style.
But we're just bringing in sparg
partners that can emulate that style. I
I saw you said in another interw
that you're going to be a comply
different fighter in this fight
than you've been in previous fi.
What exactly do you mean by tha?
What are people?
What should people expect to see from you?
Well, I've only been boxing
for three years, right?
So you give me six months to tr.
That's, you know,
whatever the math is on that.
But it's it's big in terms
of my whole overall career.
That time I'm getting exponentially better.
I brought in a new team,
new strength and condition, new head coach,
new nutritionist at a world champion level,
and that has made all the
difference in the world.
I'm in the the best shape of my life,
the best state of my life,
mentally, physically, everythin.
So. It's a new me.
I'm having so much more fun with this sport.
We went back,
worked on the fundamentals that the basics,
and August 5th I'm going
to put on a boxing clinic.
You say go back to the the
basics and you mentioned a coupe
times just the time, right?
Like I I I think it's fair to
say that your intro to to boxin,
although I guess you could say t
for Diaz too, has gotten a ton f
attention right out of the gate.
Whereas a lot of guys you know,
they kind of build up their their reputation,
they build up their attention.
You got it.
You know from the very first fight you
feel like that's that's almost e
it a a tougher battle for you ag
the way or just having that spotlight,
that limelight from the very beginning.
100% a 100% but pressure creates diamonds
and and it's shaped me into who I am today.
But no other boxer has to deal with that.
And because of the spotlight,
because of how massive this is all gotten,
there's more and more critics ad
people at every stop and every n
are going to be chanting somethg
negative or trying to do everytg
to to rip away what I've done ad
my accomplishments in this spor.
Because it's just simply.
Based off of jealousy,
you also mentioned earlier,
you know, doing the triathlons f
Diaz to to prep for the fight.
A lot's been made of his endura,
he said. You know,
the longer the fight goes on,
the better his chances.
Do you agree with that?
Have you been training
differently at all to to get
your cardio or endurance up?
Yeah, I mean, we've increased the rounds,
but I think the longer fight is actually to
my advantage despite his incredible cardio.
It takes me a little bit
to get warmed up in there.
I come alive as the rounds go o.
You take a look at my fights previously.
I drop Anderson Silva in the eighth round,
I drop Tommy Fury in the eighth round,
I knock out Tyron Woodley in the sixth round.
So a lot of my best performances
and best moments in the fights
come later on as I get warmed u.
But the 10 rounds does make it interesting,
but I don't think it's going to go that long.
Okay. So if it's not endurance,
then what is?
What is Diaz's strength?
What do you have to train for?
Earlier mentioned,
you know, funky style,
but what are you you having
to adjust to or or prep for?
Well, I mean he has knockout
power in in his left hand.
He's put a lot of UFC
champions down with it,
dropped them, stunned them.
So you just got to be cautious
of that and and be looking
out for it the whole fight.
And I'll, I'll do that the Super easy one,
I guess, to to finish up with you for,
for anybody in our area in Dall,
Fort Worth who's maybe a casual fan of
the sport or wants to get interested,
why should they come out on Aug?
It's going to be a show, man.
It's going to be a war.
That's what that's what we're
bringing to the table here.
Two of the most entertaining fighters
in the sport and it's going to e
my best performance and I want o
leave that stadium with a knock.
There's only a couple tickets l.
Upstairs, all the lower bowls are sold out,
so if people want to they get tickets.
They better hurry up because
there's only a few left.
But it's going to be fun, man,
and I'm going to knock them out.