UFC legend Nate Diaz has claimed he would ‘f*** up’ Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury in a ‘real fight’.
The 38-year-old stepped away from the UFC in 2022 after beating Tony Ferguson and has since turned his hand to boxing.
He made his debut against Jake Paul last August and was dropped twice on his way to losing a one-sided decision.
But despite being undersized compared to WBC heavyweight champion Fury and former title holder Joshua, Diaz claims he would beat them in an actual fight.
Speaking to influencer Sneako, he said: ‘I’ll f*** up Tyson Fury. I’ll f*** up Anthony Joshua. All these motherf*****s in a real fight, like, they don’t stand a chance. And then it’s like, we’ve got, everybody’s going on boxing [Floyd] Mayweather.’
Nate Diaz has made the crossover to boxing having left the UFC in September 2022
Diaz has made the claim that he would beat Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua in a ‘real fight’
Diaz: ‘We’re playing a little game… I don’t like being like, labeled as an “MMA fighter”.
‘I’m a boxer. I’m a Jiu-Jitsu guy. I’m a kickboxer. I don’t like any of the one-dimensional things by itself anyway. I like it all.’
A number of MMA fighters have made the crossover to boxing but not many have gone the other way.
Former UFC star Francis Ngannou recently fought Fury in the boxing ring and only managed to lose on split decision having dropped the Gypsy King in an impressive display.
Joshua, meanwhile, has never shown interest in fighting in MMA but like Fury, he will take on Ngannou next month in the boxing ring.
Diaz admitted he had an eye on fighting in UFC 300 but doesn’t think that it will happen.
Diaz made his boxing debut against Jake Paul last August and lost after being dropped twice
Francis Ngannou recently also made the crossover to boxing and impressed against Fury
‘I wanted to, but I don’t think so. I think I wanna do boxing, fight another fighter,’ he said.
‘I could fight anybody in the world right now, but no one can fight me. Everybody’s locked down to organisations, locked down to the UFC, PFL.’