NICK DIAZ is one of the most in demand fighters, despite his long hiatus from the cage.

GETTY Nick Diaz has been called out by Jean Pascal

The eldest Diaz brother, who last graced the Octagon at UFC 183, has been called out by a number of fighters in recent months, including reigning welterweight champion Tyron Woodley. And that list can now boast the name of former boxing champion Jean Pascal, who publicly challenged the Stockton native to a boxing match during an interview with TMZ. "UFC fighters always say that they can fight, they can box, but I don’t see that,” 34-year-old Pascal said.

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“Nick Diaz talks a lot of trash. He’s never had someone who can talk back to him like I can do.” Diaz has one professional boxing match to his name, a unanimous decision victory over Alphonso Rocha back in 2005. Pascal was impressed by what he saw of Diaz in that fight or the 24 mixed martial arts bouts that followed.

“Why don’t you come out of your redneck country and fight me in a real city like Montreal” Jean Pascal to Nick Diaz “I’m pretty sure that I can whoop his ass because I’m a fighter. I’m not a UFC wrestler. I fight with my fists," he added. "I’m standing up, and we’ve got boxing rules. Boxing, it’s an art. I can tell Nick Diaz, ‘why don’t you come out of your redneck country and fight me in a real city like Montreal’. Cause that s**t can be sold out."

GETTY Jean Pascal (pictured) has called out Nick Diaz

Pascal's attempt to lure Diaz back to the boxing ring then saw him mock the Stockton native's career achievements, claiming his reign as Strikeforce welterweight champion was irrelevant. He said: "He’s never had a belt that people care about. That’s what I’m talking about. And then he claims he can beat a boxer?

GETTY Jean Pascal is a pal of Nick Diaz's former foe, Georges St-Pierre