Comments Thread For: Gary Russell: If I Could Make Two Fights, I'd Want Gervonta Davis & Lomachenko

[TheUptownKid]

This man has fought once a year since winning the title in 2015....and he only fought once that year. Didn't fight at all last year....just talked and called guys out. Maybe you read the word "mandatory" and took it from there but I'm mainly speaking on his inactivity.

It's funny he's calling out Welterweights, Lightweights and so on but the reality is, he's the FEATHERWEIGHT champion of the world....and he should stay there.

Just name a fight and we can put pressure on as a community, but if you’re just talking out your a$$ then say that. Because no one has ever called out grj except Loma and he fought him expeditiously. Who’s next?!?!

[NC Uppercut]

What makes someone think like this? Don’t you want to see champions fight champions? Don’t you like competition? It feels like boxing is becoming more about the name on the belt line than the gold on the belt and that’s sad.

Uptown, our Pick Em League is ready for you to put your pick in for this weekend. It’s stickied at the top of NSB

[NC Uppercut]

Russell would be a small lightweight at 135. Still too small for Tank and wouldn't have anything different to offer against Loma at 135. His inactivity has hurt his career. I always wanted to see GRJ vs. Rigo, but that's not likely. Rigo isn't looking for any serious challenges for what's left of his career hiding out at 118. Gary needs to unify with Navarrete, try to make fights with Leo and Dogboe. Or go to 130 for winner of Shakur/Valdez if that match gets made.

Winner of Shakur vs Valdez is just about perfect! If it weren’t for Top Rank!

[Slip jab]

Feed him to Davis. Loma whooped him when he was at his peak before he went into that inactivity stretch n got a self inflated view of himself. . Grj is a name at this point he hasn't been a player for years now.
get that ass kicked n stay away

[PredatorStyle]

Filipinos all seem to have heavy hands, why? There was this little scrawny Filipino kid (very skilled though) at my old gym who I thought hit much harder than larger men with much more favorable proportions in upper body physique and way more muscle.

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Filipinos all seem to have heavy hands, why? There was this little scrawny Filipino kid (very skilled though) at my old gym who I thought hit much harder than larger men with much more favorable proportions in upper body physique and way more muscle.

Physics, weight transfer with a strong base. That's why Roach got Cotto to stop focusing on his upper body... Bruce Lee actually studied this by watching lots of fight footage to break down the mechanics of hard hitting small guys. I've alwzys been thevsmallest or lightest, but i had way stronger legs, high core strenght and acceleration (explosive) so folks always wondered why i could hold my own against way bigger guys when needed.

[PunchyPotorff]

Loma exposed this once-a-year clown's flaws, and would do so again... except more easily this time.
As far as Tank... REALLY? That's a beatdown. This clown has way too high of an opinion of himself.