Boxing promoter Don Chagrin has made a deal to put Nick Diaz in the
boxing ring with former IBF super-middleweight champion Jeff Lacy and
hopes to avoid a contractual confrontation over MMA.
Today’s announcement that Diaz and Lacy will box this fall was met by a
caveat from Diaz manager Cesar Gracie, who said the fight could be
shelved if the UFC offered the Strikeforce welterweight champ a fight
with UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.
“I don’t want to get into a thing,” Chagrin today told MMAjunkie.com. “I’ve got a contract. If the UFC fight comes up,
then we can talk.