Comments Thread For: The rebuild begins for Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz

[boxingitis]

Pitbull lacks many skills. Horrible footwork, can't close the ring. Not too many feints or set ups. Very limited or creative combination. Very predictable.
Pitbull relies mostly on his power which is now less at 140. Put pressure and throw hey makers is his basic style.

[BlackRobb]

Pit Bull was EXPOSED and his handlers know it will happen again if he faces El Rayo. This is why he fled 135 rather than face Shakur for the WBC vacant belt. Gibbons is the POS who insulted Rachel Donaire. He's a real sleazeball.

[BlackRobb]

Like Pitbull and do think this will be a fun fight, but he shouldn't complain how his opponents perform and prompt up Angel Fierro whose coming off a from a loss. He should just admit it was what it was, he couldn't adjust against a style he is uncomfortable with and wants to comeback in an exciting fashion.

Think Isaac Cruz is a pressure fighter with underrated defense coupled with a granite chin, but limited offensively with his lack of a prominent jab and reach disadvantage. He should also fight at lightweight (135) where the be exciting bouts at PBC with the likes of Edwin De Los Santos, Frank Martin, and Artem Harutyunyan.

He is an interesting matchup for William Zepeda and Andy Cruz. Where they need to be consistent to whole bout against a opponent difficult to disrupt and not allow Isaac to find openings.

Andy Cruz would make him look silly for 12 rounds. Pitbull can't make 135 again because he's on The Marcos Maidana Diet now.

[Malvado]

Andy Cruz would make him look silly for 12 rounds. Pitbull can't make 135 again because he's on The Marcos Maidana Diet now.

Think it be fun to watch even if that were the case. Yet to see how Andy will keep up for 12 rounds while handling Isaac's consistent work rate, Andy
has yet to refine/tighten his defensive skills as he is open to overhands/hooks for his lack of experience as a pro (he has four wins so far, though nicer in quality than most starters) and AC won't have Valenzuela's reach advantage to box with.

It is disappointing Isaac Cruz can't avoid getting bloated between fights and struggles to make even 140. A division he doesn't belong in as he is too short.

[whollisboxing]

Everybody pretty much covered it and I would add that I don’t buy Gibbons’ excuse about opponents “running”.

Case in point: Rolly was on his bike after Pitbull rocked him early but Pitbull still won by TKO. And Cruz landed some great shots on Rayo in a loss by split decision.

Last but not least, we’ve seen pressure fighters like Marcos Maidana force the action against defensive pure boxers like Mayweather and Maidana refused to let that fight be “boring”.

[El_Mero]

Anyone going to his next fight? His rebuild shoukd start after that fight since Cruz is fighting a no-hoper

[BlackRobb]

Everybody pretty much covered it and I would add that I don’t buy Gibbons’ excuse about opponents “running”.

Case in point: Rolly was on his bike after Pitbull rocked him early but Pitbull still won by TKO. And Cruz landed some great shots on Rayo in a loss by split decision.

Last but not least, we’ve seen pressure fighters like Marcos Maidana force the action against defensive pure boxers like Mayweather and Maidana refused to let that fight be “boring”.

There were times in the El Rayo fight where Pitbull looked momentarily flustered. If he can't pin you down, he can be easily outboxed by anyone with even a modest boxing IQ.