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Originally Posted by swampdragon
Thanks for the story as well as the rating.
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Thanks, there may be an interesting story behind Diamond, but I couldn't find much. I would imagine that as he got into the teeth of that losing streak, it may have become difficult for him to schedule opponents which may be why he faced several heavies and light-heavies (although that was not uncommon at the time from MW to HW). When you think about it, he was not someone that a fighter would want to schedule. Once the losses piled up, as a contender or near contender, you absolutely were expected to beat this guy so the win did little for your standing. But, Diamond had beaten Jeby, fought for World Title and until the Krieger fight, had never been stopped. He certainly couldn't be called a trial horse, you would never want a promising youngster facing him (at least if I was the manager).
You have to wonder about the management or advice that he was getting. Once he had dropped a few decisions to good fighters after the Title fight loss, I would have expected that a few real stiffs would have been lined up to build his confidence back up because he was clearly a decent boxer with potential. But that never happened, he just kept tilting at windmills and comming up short.