Comments Thread For: Gary Russell Jr. vs. Nyambayar Tops SHO Tripleheader, Feb. 8th

[NC Uppercut]

Tug vs Escandon: KO3
Russell vs Escandon: TKO7

Tug vs Ruiz: RTD4
Russell vs Ruiz: UD10

I’d like to think it’s possible so we can see more of an active champ at 126, but triangle theories rarely mean anything.

[TrillScottHeron]

This is a good matchup. Honestly I’m just excited to see GRJ fighting this early in the year. Hopefully we can get a second scrap later this year out of him.

[New England]

i don't even have cable anymore. network boxing sucks.

i have dazn [also mostly sucks] and i can stream whatever the f#ck i want to very, very easily. saves me 100 a month easy.


if a ppv is good i'll buy it on a streaming platform.

[Oldskoolg]

They must have used a big portion of their budget on Wilder last year. Now that he's on FOX, it seems like they can spend more on other cards.

That's my speculation at least.

You are probably right. FOX, being Disney property now, would have much deeper pockets

[Oldskoolg]

At least Russell is breaking his inactivity sooner than usual. Maybe he'll fight twice this year. He should face the Farmer/Diaz winner afterwards.

Stop it....

[famicommander]

You are probably right. FOX, being Disney property now, would have much deeper pockets

Disney didn't buy the Fox broadcast TV channel, FS1, FS2, or any of their News channels.

[BigZ44]

Could Russell actually fight twice in 2020? If Rigondeaux fights like he did last time out, that will be a fun matchup. The other fight stinks and looks like they are setting up Velez vs LSC, which could actually be a decent action fight

[kiaba360]

Stop it....

Stop what? If he's fighting in February, it's more likely that he fights again in 2020. 9 months of inactivity is better than 12. After Nyambayar, it should be LSC or Farmer/Diaz. Since Tank is a higher priority, it's more likely that he gets LSC instead. Maybe Haymon will take the Warrington fight away from Arum. Russell has good opponents lined up, as long as he stays healthy and keeps winning.

[mapleleaf27]

Nice card, but why Allentown, PA?

maybe because GRJ is unknown to most, fighting once a year since 2014 makes him irrelevant, and nowhere near popular enough for PBC to rent out the barclay for the night

[Marvlus Marv]

He seems super green? What’s the scoop on him? Yes I can read wiki and all that but I prefer real ppls opinions

From the little I've seen, Tug has elite level skills, lightning fast reactions/hands, serious power, high ring i.q and he's very fan-friendly - likes to pull faces for the camera and shti, He's a real character and GRJ is in for hell.
I'm hyped for this Mongolian guy, he's got the full arsenal.
Now watch GRJ beat Tug up, now I've backed him.