Comments Thread For: Mikey Garcia on Russell's Performance, Facing Juanma

[Godsfly]

Well head to head Mikey would have the rangier jab, he's kept better fighters at the end of it to date. Russel's is faster, however he hasn't kept good fighters at bay with his because he's never really faced any. I'm sure russel will have some success, but his only advantage is handspeed. Outside of that I'd say Mikey has the range & experience & maybe the power advantage too.

like i said.....IF russell is the real deal (meaning he can do what he does against good opposition) russell would hold a few advantages over mickey.

russell.

foot work (mickey is a little stiff in the legs) work rate, speed, combinations.

mickeys advantages. power, chin, experience. range.


but the range can mean very little against a russell. russell could take that away with just the sheer speed that he posses. mickey is that much slower.

[JAMES_THUNDER]

No way Russell beats mikey, i saw some Amir Kahn flurries that rusell as using very flashy hardly effective. Mikey too strong and under rated as a boxer he's a great example of boxer puncher. I can't see him beating mikey at all.

[lopez36]

russell/Garcia isn't going to happen because of top rank/golenboy so might as well look ahead to a fight that can happen,against juanma,juanma is the one who called him out and asked for a catchweight,i think juanma needs one more fight to be ready,but i think juanma needs to be facing champions with no power

[Ray*]

This two can certain make a good fight in the near future but Russell need to step up his competition.

[mathed]

Good Garcia finally said it 130 he would fight Lopez lets get it on Russell would get beaten by both guys he's just calling ppl out because he knows it won't happen

Russell lands near or over 50% of his punches and his opponents can't hit him more than 20 times a fight yet Lopez would beat him? Garcia is strong but I'd pick Russel Jr over both of them.

[BabyFaceAssasin]

Russel vs Garcia is another dream fight and can be a mega bout in about 1 to 2 years. I hope TR and GB can get their shyt together especially TR they are screwing the sport up!!

[MJ223]

I would love to see Russell-Garcia

[Hiei]

Russell lands near or over 50% of his punches and his opponents can't hit him more than 20 times a fight yet Lopez would beat him? Garcia is strong but I'd pick Russel Jr over both of them.

that's because he's fighting journeymen,

[PurePugilist216]

I'm not gonna lie. head to head russells jab looks light years past mickeys.........maybe i need to go back and watch some of mickeys fights but I've never seen mickey triple up on a jab (in his entire career) mickey throws one at a time. I've seen russell triple up on his jab many of times. head to head theres just no debating that for me.....russell has the better looking jab.

Maybe its because he was fighting a can who wouldn’t even attack when Russel only had one hand, I hope to never see that guy in the ring again. He literally got beat the last 3 rounds with one hand.

Anyway most slick fast boxers tend to have problems with guys of Mikey Garcia’s talent, guys that are patient and have great timing, and great counter punchers usually are problems for fast fighters.

[STEELHEAD]

i'm sure others have mentioned this but i'll reiterate.
don't see how some can talk up russell at this stage of his game.
not worth thinking about until he fights a legit 2nd tier opponent.
mikey spanks gary jr. bigtime. hands down.