Újra Shields lett Diaz edzője
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1) Derwin Richards (+ Willie Savannah - aki a menedzsere is)
2) Ronnie Shields csak az utolsó meccsen, Julio Diaz ellen volt távol, de Derwin Richards (és Willie Savannah) már Ronnie Shields előtt is ott volt a "teamben" - már az amatőrkor óta (Willie Savannah meg a gyerekkor óta)...
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"...The 24-year-old Baby Bull is boxing without his head trainer Ronnie Shields, who instead went to Moscow to be with Evander Holyfield for the former heavyweight champion’s fight with Sultan Ibragimov. This is not a desirable situation because Shields has played such a big part in honing Juan’s skills, and his advice in the corner might be sorely missed if the fight gets to a critical stage. However, Juan has been prepared for Saturday’s fight by ex-pro Derwin Richards, who was always in the picture as assistant coach. Shields’s absence is unfortunate but Juan’s camp does not believe it will make a crucial difference..."
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"SB: How was your training camp without Ronnie Shields present?
JD: It's been the same; the second guy that works with me Derwin Richards has been with me even before Ronnie. He was with me at the end of my amateur career and he learned a lot through Ronnie and now it was his chance to step up to the plate and show me everything that he has learned. Training camp has been the same; I've been working on the same strategy - well not the same strategy because it's a different opponent but the same kind of technique that I have worked and used before."
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Juan and his longtime manager/trainer Willie Savannah, are very much aware of this weakness.
"We've been working on that for his last five or six fights," said Savannah, who began training Juan when he was a roly-poly, eight-year-old kid. "He does throws those wide punches when he gets excited. We've been teaching him he's got to be able to get under control. He gets a guy on the ropes and goes crazy."
One way to keep an excitable fighter under control is having a calm trainer with world class experience like Ronnie Shields. Unfortunately for Juan, who has been trained the past 16 fights by Shields, he will not have him in his corner this time.
When Evander Holyfield got his championship shot against Sultan Ibragimov, the four-time world champion asked Shields to train him for what could be a history-making fifth grab of a heavyweight belt. As luck would have it, Holyfield's fight is the same night as Juan's, Oct. 13. Savannah forced Shields to make a quick choice, and Shields reluctantly parted ways with Juan.
In Shields' place, Savannah has inserted Derwin Richards, who has worked with Juan since he was eight and was Shields' assistant during those 16 fights. Richards, however, has no experience as a chief second, and is not known for being calm in a corner.
"Ronnie did have a very calming influence," Savannah said. "Derwin is more animated. We've been working with Derwin to be more calm. And I will be in the corner, too."
Shields was also a master game planner. Will that skill be missed? Savannah says no.
Juan Diaz Juan Diaz dismantling Acelino Frietas in April of 2007
"Ronnie was very good at making a game plan," Savannah said. "The trouble with Juan is, when he gets in the ring, the game plan goes out the window. He is going to fight his style. He is going to jump on Julio's ass like he did with (Acelino) Freitas."
