Comments Thread For: Gary Russell Jr. Furious, Says Interview Became Haymon Hit Piece

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(Capital Heights, MD) - 'This is why I don't like doing interviews because my comments during interviews get manipulated and twisted around. I've been sitting back just to see how far this ridiculous article will go' said frustrated WBC World Featherweight Champion Gary Russell, Jr.
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[JJRod]

Gary Russell got a glimpse of what many famous people go through. No matter what you say the media is going to get the story they want.

[OctoberRed]

They are owned by Golden Boy, what did he expect?

[Redd Foxx]

Russell says some really ****** stuff. I don't think his words need to be twisted for him to sound like an idiot.

[R_Walken]

That's a shocker

Ring ( owned by Oscar) used his interview as a way to diss Haymon when it was supposed to be about a charity event

Well done Ring, Keep fading into obscurity

[R-C]

I guess Russell needed an escape goat for the mistake he made when he opened hi mouth, nice.

[Boxing Logic]

Not sure I believe any of this. I read somewhere that Haymon has a clause in his contracts with fighters that say they're not ALLOWED to say anything negative about him, or they could get in trouble legally. So it's possible Russell really doesn't like Haymon, but Haymon pressured him to send out this "correction" to make it seem like everything is good, otherwise Russell might get in trouble. He could just be issuing this "correction" because he feels he has to, legally.

Or it could be legitimate. It's always impossible to know if fighters are contractually obligated not to say anything negative. Because of that you can never know if the praise is real, or just what they're contractually obligated to do. All those "Thank Al Haymon" post-fight call outs may also be contractually obligated. Who knows.

[yngwie]

This is why I don't like doing interviews because my comments during interviews get manipulated and twisted around.
It's unfair see that to be honest, but he should think what he says because people always will do that.

[Bronx2245]

That's keepin' it 100! Don't let guests destroy your home! They're a lot haters trying to bring down Haymon and I hope they all fail!

[Flash13]

What part of you wanting a mill for fighting some bum was misconstrued?