"In boxing, when you're a superstar, you get millions of dollars. In MMA, you're not making that kind of money. We're in negotiations right now with [boxing promoter] Don Chargin. We would very much like to take a boxing match. It would probably be at super middleweight [168 pounds]. There have been a few names kicked around. One of them is Fernando Vargas, another is Ricardo Mayorga."

Diaz coach Cesar Gracie tells ESPN.com that his star pupil is in negotiations to face a yet to be named opponent in boxings Super Middleweight division. The BJPENN.COM number 4 ranked welterweight fighter as we reported recently signed a new contract with Strikeforce. According to reports it was this new contract that laid out terms which allows Diaz to branch off into a different combat sport as early as this year.
He has been trying to get into boxing for a few years now. While he has a point about the money, I don't think he is good enough to make it to the status it requires to get millions....but who knows