A little over a week before Dominick Cruz makes his long-awaited return to challenge TJ Dillashaw for the bantamweight title, the fighters fielded questions on the Fight Night Boston media conference call.
Breaking news: Dillashaw and Cruz are still at it.
“(Cruz) just doesn’t mind talking sh*t,” Dillashaw said Friday of the challenger’s continued barrage of insults in the lead up to fight night. “I’m just not one of those guys. He can’t take the fact that I believe in myself and I’m a better fighter.
“You got to laugh it off. You let him talk crap and look like an idiot, but it all comes down to the night of the fight.”
Cruz said talking is just talking, and Dillashaw would be wise to open up his mind to selling the fight, because fans want more than just the matchup itself.
“TJ is the type of guy that would rather fight than talk, and I think that’s because he’s not that smart,” Cruz said. “But people want to hear what we have to say as athletes and they just don’t want to see what we do as fighters … They want to hear what you believe in yourself leading into the fight.”
Dillashaw may not love to talk, but Cruz knows the champion is confident in his abilities.
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