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Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela’s coach, Robert Garcia, says he didn’t have a rematch clause for his voluntary title protection of his IBF gentle welterweight belt towards Gary Antuanne Russell final Saturday night time on the Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, New York.
Rayo misplaced the struggle by a large 12-round unanimous choice by the scores 119-109, 119-109 and 120-108. Robert Garcia states that Valenzuela (14-3, 9 KOs) stated he was informed that he couldn’t have a rematch clause for the struggle. He had no selection however to simply accept the struggle with Russell and not using a rematch clause.
The “Him or Nobody” Demand
Robert says that Rayo informed him that Russell was the one struggle that was going to be supplied to him, saying, ‘It’s him or no person else.‘ In hindsight, Valenzuela shouldn’t have taken the struggle with Russell until the cash was out of this world good.
“It was one of those nights where it wasn’t his night. He couldn’t let go and couldn’t get off. No excuses. Russell came out in a beast mode, kept going, kept throwing punches, and didn’t let Rayo adjust,” stated coach Robert Garcia to YSM Sports activities Media, reflecting on his fighter, former IBF gentle welterweight champion Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela’s loss to Gary Russell final Saturday night time.
“He didn’t let Rayo figure him out. [Antuanne Russell] kept coming from round one until the end,” Robert continued. “He never stopped throwing punches and never stopped doing his job.”
The motion that Valenzuela had used so effectively in his wins over Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz and Chris Colbert wasn’t there final Saturday towards Russell. Nonetheless, with the way in which he was chopping off the ring, countering and dominating from the surface, it most likely wouldn’t have mattered if Rayo had moved extra.
No Rematch Clause
“When Rayo acquired that struggle, we informed him, ‘Why that fight, Rayo?’ The Russells have all the time been nice fighters, all the time win by knockout. It may have been someone else, and so they informed me, ‘It’s him or no person else.’ He stated, they pressured him to struggle him. Then he stated, ‘They didn’t even let me get a rematch clause.’
“You’re the champion, it’s your voluntary title protection. He ought to have been allowed to get a rematch clause, all people does. Pitbull had a rematch clause. With Rayo, he informed us, ‘I’m not allowed to get a rematch clause.’ He signed the contract. There’s nothing we are able to do now.
“He should have at least had a rematch clause in the contract, but they told him, ‘Nope, there’s no rematch clause.’ Now, there’s nothing we can do. Bounce back and come back, maybe start all over again,” stated Garcia about Rayo Valenzuela.
