Comments Thread For: Gary Russell-Rey Vargas Agree To Terms For Featherweight Title Fight, Per WBC

[Oregonian]

13 months outta the ring & no date for the next fight yet. GRJ's career is so underwhelming for the talent he has. Funny thing is Rey ain't fought in 19 months.

I ain't mad at this fight doe. Rey is a top 3 guy GRJ will have fought & might be the best guy he's beaten if he wins or 2nd best worst case.

That said I'd rather be watching GRJ vs Devin or Tank or probably 4 or 5 other guys.

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Agreed. GRJ could have ended his career as an ATG. He chased after Loma and got his ass handed to him but still there is no shame is taking a loss. However, he could have unified 126 by fighting 2 or 3 times a year and sitting on 44-1 record at this point but he is an idiot.
I wonder how much he’s going to make for this fight after turning down a million bucks last month.

[Elpatron2]

Wow vargas goin mop the floor with this guy

[DaNeutral.]

So how long has Rey Vargas been operating at Featherweight?

[BoxingIsGreat]

Wow vargas goin mop the floor with this guy

You are overstating. Nobody has an easy time with Gary Russell, not even Mr. Loma, ages ago.

[Bronx2245]

13 months outta the ring & no date for the next fight yet. GRJ's career is so underwhelming for the talent he has. Funny thing is Rey ain't fought in 19 months.

I ain't mad at this fight doe. Rey is a top 3 guy GRJ will have fought & might be the best guy he's beaten if he wins or 2nd best worst case.

That said I'd rather be watching GRJ vs Devin or Tank or probably 4 or 5 other guys.

Gary would like to be fighting Devin or Tank too! I can't put that on him!

[Get em up]

GRJ is one of my favorite fighters. I'd LOVE to see more out of him but its once a year as always. Talent wise he has all the goods. His motivation and dedication is quite a bit of lacking though. Either way I'll be glad to see him back in the ring.

[Drigo]

It will be a good fight and good for Russell career. But a lose is inevitable due to inactivity...

[asgarth]

Alright fight, but underwhelming if this is his only fight this year.
Vargas style looks to unimpressive for the judges to win a decision against russell. Russell also has quick enough feet to catch up to vargas and not just follow him around.

[Ray*]

Another joke of a fight, joke of a mandatory by the WBC. You knew when Vargas dropped his belt at super bamtamweight there was a reason why, Vargas hasn't fought in also TWO years as well. And then the Corrupt WBC Chairman Sulieman was come out and try to defend why the mandatory had a poor showing.

[Ray*]

So how long has Rey Vargas been operating at Featherweight?

Zero days You guessed it...