Comments Thread For: Leo Santa Cruz: I Want Gary Russell Jr. Next - I Want To Unify!

[sportbuddha]

One of the best fights in boxing to be made right now between the top two Featherweights in the world. Both in their prime, both with fan friendly fighting styles and both willing to risk it all in the ring.


Can't wait for this. WAR LEO!

Totally agree. Great match up, I think it’ll be an absolute cracker.

[Santa_]

rigo undoubtedly wanted that fight and said so many times. Santa Cruz didn't.

I seriously doubt it dude. They're close friends and used to train together.

Hell they even spent holidays together for fook's sake.

[Santa_]

Totally agree. Great match up, I think it’ll be an absolute cracker.

Man I just hope it happens this year. Russell's been known to take long ass layoffs between fights.

[sportbuddha]

Man I just hope it happens this year. Russell's been known to take long ass layoffs between fights.

That preaching ain’t gonna do itself, just wish he’d worship at the MGM arena a little more often ;0)

[Jab jab boom]

I seriously doubt it dude. They're close friends and used to train together.

Hell they even spent holidays together for fook's sake.

you're pranking me with this right?

[PunchyPotorff]

LSC vs Frampton would be great too, or vs Rigo. Many options currently. Just no more 2nd tier fighters. Had enough of that nonsense. But yeah, vs Russell would be an excellent fight.

[Tatabanya]

Define easy??? TKO?? Huge UD??? Stoppage??

Comfortable UD, between five and eight points.

But ONLY if he is in really TOP form, otherwise it might be closer.

[Archie_Leach]

Where was this energy to fight the best back when rigo was trying to give him smoke??

He was always better than Rigo.
His style is all wrong for that heartless little bum

[Jab jab boom]

He was always better than Rigo.
His style is all wrong for that heartless little bum

you got that backwards, rigo had the style to make leo look like a basic plodder. Yeah, we can now criticize rigo for quitting vs Loma in a fight where he quit but did move up 2 weight classes to face 1 of the top 3 fighters in the world. By that same token, we can also criticize the guy in leo who never even bothered to take the risk to fight a fighter in his own weight class. So pick your poison as to what's worse, quitting in the ring, or never even daring to face the challenge presented to you.

[B Phontain]

My boy leo....