Comments Thread For: Gary Russell: I Think My Hand Speed Will Be a Big Factor

[Corelone]

You can't fatten a pig over night. You can't run before you walk. I don't hate Lomachenko, I just don't believe anybody is as good as they are asking him to be. Salido was tired, overweight, and hasn't shown his face since. He was embarrased and insulted that Lomachenko even considered a fight with him. He said so, and taught Loma just enough to get him hurt.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

This, and Salido was beyond dirty in that fight.. to the point that point deductions wouldn't suffice. Anyway i still have Gary winning this one.. it's really a pick 'em but I just want Loma to slow down a bit and rebuild. This fight isn't the end for either fighter if they happen to lose but it can really catapult them further if they win, and Russel is long overdue to give us good fights and show us his potential vs world class opposition. Winner of this one should try unifying vs Gonzalez/Arce(if it gets made, kind of a joke). If Loma wins good for him if not it's fine, he is skilled, seems to be heavy handed and has nice hand/foot speed. Bright future for both. War Russel, let them gifted hands go son!

Lomachenko is NOT heavy handed. I have to disagree with you there.

[Kagami Taiga]

Sure Loma has fast hands but his habdspeed is a few notches below Russell's. The guy is pretty much the fastest hands in the sport.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Sure Loma has fast hands but his habdspeed is a few notches below Russell's. The guy is pretty much the fastest hands in the sport.

Yeah, I agree,, it's not that gary has fast hands, but he THE fastest hands around..
I think that speed is going to be a huge factor in this fight..

[Aztekkas]

Lomachenko is NOT heavy handed. I have to disagree with you there.

Perhaps I'm wrong and you're correct, I can't really gauge a fighter's power off of two performances. I was impressed with the power he displayed vs Jose Ramirez, as well as with his ability to hurt Orlando Salido in the later rounds of their fight. Especially when Salido showed up so heavy thus perhaps increasing his punch resistance. However, Salido has been hurt by lesser fighters in his career as well, so his punch resistance seems to fluctuate ,for example Weng Haya dropping him and hurting him before Salido was able to stop him. I digressed, Salido can take a punch as shown throughout his career, so I was perhaps lead to falsely believe such power resides in Loma's fists after he had Salido in a tough predicament. Only time will tell I suppose.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Perhaps I'm wrong and you're correct, I can't really gauge a fighter's power off of two performances. I was impressed with the power he displayed vs Jose Ramirez, as well as with his ability to hurt Orlando Salido in the later rounds of their fight. Especially when Salido showed up so heavy thus perhaps increasing his punch resistance. However, Salido has been hurt by lesser fighters in his career as well, for example Weng Haya dropping him and hurting him before Salido was able to stop him. I digressed, Salido can take a punch as shown throughout his career, so I was perhaps lead to falsely believe such power resides in Loma's fists after he had Salido in a tough predicament. Only time will tell I suppose.

vs Ramirez, do you mean overall power? Cause he dropped him with a well placed body shot. Anyone can go down or be stopped with one of those. I think he has good power tho. Im giving him the benefit of the doubt cause I wanna say decent. Hes not a small FW either. When I see "heavy handed" I think Garcia or prime Juanma or even Ponce. As far as the Salido fight, I think him hurting Salido had more to do with fatigue than Lomachenko's power. Even tho Salido missed weight, its a fact that he struggled to make weight and putting on a buncha weight over night is NOT always a good thing.

EDIT: And as you pointed out, hes been dropped by lesser fighters and he has been in some beatings late in his career too.

[LA_2_Vegas]

Yeah, that handspeed is a problem for anyone, it's not like he is just the fastest in the division, it's up there with fastest in whole sport. If Loma has issues with distance & range, it will be problematic.

On the other end, Gary might be on the short end in the footspeed department here..and certainly length. I like Russell to win, but there is part of me that thinks that if Loma did have an adequate amounts of fights, then i could see myself thinking that he might have the edge.

It definitely takes the idea of 'styles makes fight' to the extreme and Arum has indicated that is what he is banking on, forget experience.

It's a damn interesting matchup, I can't recall many quite like it, maybe someone else can think of some....all i can think of is something like Sanchez v Azumah nelson..where a title is at stake between a very gifted fighter v a future talent with only a handful of fights. Different circumstances but hopefully it turns out to be something special like that

[mathed]

Such a joke this kid is getting his second title fight in only his 3rd pro fight. Especially after losing his last fight which by the way was for this very same title. Russell will spark him out though. I'll be ringside in the 10th row yelling

I don't know about the KO but I do think Russell will have him looking like an amateur in the ring at times, literally.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I think if his hand(s) and chin hold up, Russell Jr got this in the bag.

[ugly2000]

When the fight was announced I had Russell all the way. I'm changing my pick. Lomo gained a world of experience in the Salido fight and I think thats going to show. Especially when you look at who Russell has been in the ring with. My prediction is Russell starts off fast but Lomo wears him down and stops him late.