Comments Thread For: Gary Russell Jr.: Me and Haymon 'had a plan all along'

[-PBP-]

Contenders and champions (plural?) exaggerate much, he's had 2 fights, so technically that would mean more than one champion and who were the contenders. And Russell Jr was brought up the traditional way in terms of fighting diff styles and many diff fighters. And doesnt the Lomachenko experiment prove that boxers need to be brought along according to what the boxing trainers and managers think, not the non experienced keyboard warriors.

I have no idea what you're asking me. But Lomachenko beat a ranked WBO contender (just like Russell did) to get his title shot. And he fought a champion against Salido. Get the **** out of here with your grammar police BS.

Shut the **** up and enjoy the fight.

[rasdun]

This fight is intriguing because its the slow moved, protected fighter vs. the rushed fighter who came into the game fighting contenders and champions.

I can't wait for this. This is the main event for me on Saturday.

I agree- this is the fight to see in Sat. The thing is, a fighter should move their career how they see fit but he got criticism bc he was getting fights on hbo and show vs guys who werent evn fringe contenders. He hasnt slowly workd his way up wit gradually tought fights- hes jus fought a bunch of guys who lose more than they win. That being said, I cant stand Dan Rafaels criticism - its ridiculous and unprofessional

[Hook-Right]

Mayweather haters like Beercules, Junior Dong, and Check Hooks (among others) will scream "Robbery!!" if Loma wins 3/12 rounds. Sad ****.


Expect many "robbery" cries on Saturday night, no matter how the fight goes.

[maguirre]

Yeah. We already know what Haymon is all about, build up fighters out of tomato cans.

[Akuza Da Root]

yeah the plan was to cherry pick for the right opponent and time to figh tfor a title. Lomachenko lost and looked vulnerable against a HUGE champion who is one of the dirties fighters in his division and one of the most aggressive pressure pro style fighters.

This will back fire on Russell, if he wins he gets no credit because he won a vacant title and a hollow win because Lomachenko was getting slammed as a scrub with no experience by some haters on here, the same haters who will praise Russell if he wins.

But he will lose, because if there was 2 more rounds, Loma could have stopped Salido, people forget that Loma basically was adjusting late he wasn't familiar with fighting 12 rounds, his trainer told him to pace himself its why he started so late, but Loma fought a guy who was basically two divisions above him on fight night and failed to make weight.

it was baptism by fire, and Loma passed in my eyes, he gained some value experience in one single fight, and Russell is going to be in for a rude awakening.

Russell thinks Loma is a walk over fight we shall see.

Russell will be exposed soon I don't think he has the grit that Loma has.

I seen what you just did...

So basically you are saying because of his lost to Salido, Lomachenko is the better fighter, have more experience, has more power and has superior durability than Russell so fore surely will win the fight.

However, at the same time if Russell wins, he deserves no credit because Lomachenko looked vulnerable in the same fight you are praising him for...

*claps* That's real..

[-PBP-]

I agree- this is the fight to see in Sat. The thing is, a fighter should move their career how they see fit but he got criticism bc he was getting fights on hbo and show vs guys who werent evn fringe contenders. He hasnt slowly workd his way up wit gradually tought fights- hes jus fought a bunch of guys who lose more than they win. That being said, I cant stand Dan Rafaels criticism - its ridiculous and unprofessional

He wasn't getting THAT many dates. If I recall he would get a short highlight clip on HBO occasionally and would be featured on ShoBox which is a program for prospects.

But basically Russell and Lomachenko both took 2 different routes and ended up in the same spot.

[whoseyourdaddy]

This fight and the gamboa-Crawford are the 2 most interesting fights of the year..


Been watching boxing for a longtime, but have never seen a 24-0 guy vs a 1-1 guy, for a title and the 1-1 guy's 2 opponents are better than anyone that the 24-0 guy has fought..

Nearly impossible to accurately handicap

I respectfully disagree, I like the Canelo vs Lara more, but is your opinion and I respect that.

[PopPop]

Lots of Mad folks on here ,but nobody told Loma to do this. Its him and his management team destroying him whoever wins will still have to fight top contenders for the rest of there career ,like I said again Loma will be retire after 10 fights or 2 years whichever comes first.
It seems that every time a fighter is very successful there's a jealous rage always on this board.

[SlySlickSmooth]

Russell will lose this fight

[darius45]

One of the most intriguing match ups of the year. I wonder who has more power though? I'm tempted to say Loma...but I've watched a few of Russell's fights and he has some pretty brutal KO's on his record.