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Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela (14-2, 9 KOs) is able to placed on a formidable efficiency in his first protection of his WBA mild welterweight title towards Gary Antuanne Russell (17-1, 17 KOs) within the 12-round chief assist bout on the Gervonta Davis vs. Lamont Roach card this Saturday, on March 1st on the Barclays Middle in Brooklyn, New York.
Valenzeula-Russell ought to be the primary occasion on this card as a result of it’s a extra evenly matched contest than the Davis-Roach headliner. That struggle is considered as a mismatch. Rayo has remade himself right into a Lomachenko copy. The transformation that he’s carried out together with his model is spectacular, as he fights nothing like he used to. He’s turn into an ideal copy of Loma, however he’s bought fight-stopping energy that makes him harmful.
‘The Mexican Loma,‘ Valenzuela is coming off a big win over Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz on August third final summer time on Turki Alalshikh’s card in Los Angeles. Rayo made Cruz look dangerous in that struggle, utilizing his boxing expertise to dominate the WBA champion. The judges gave Rayo a 12-round break up determination win, however he regarded like he’d schooled Pitbull.
Rayo has received his final two fights towards Cruz and Chris Colbert to show his profession round. Earlier than that, he’d misplaced two in a row to Colbert and Edwin De Los Santos.
Saturday’s occasion shall be proven reside on PBC on Prime Video PPV. The occasion begins at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT. The worth level is $79.95.
Rayo’s Arsenal
“I worked too hard to get here. I took two tough losses and came back, did my thing, and now I’m here,” stated Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela to Battle Hub TV, speaking about how he’s turned his profession round, captured the WBA 140-lb belt and can defend it this Saturday evening towards Gary Antuanne Russell.
Rayo has the right mixture of boxing expertise and energy to defeat Gary Antunne on Saturday. We noticed in Russell’s 12 spherical break up determination loss to Alberto Puello final 12 months on June fifteenth that he struggles with boxers who can punch. That was the primary time that Russell had fought somebody with actual expertise that wasn’t on the journeyman degree or washed up, and he fell aside.
“I’ve carried out nothing however dedicate my time since to turn into higher, stronger, an actual 140-lb fighter, and I’ll be prepared on Saturday evening. I’ve bought extra in my arsenal. I’ve bought an IQ, good ft, and I can dance if I must. The burden is coming off properly. I really feel robust, and that is the burden the place I belong.
“When this struggle was provided to me, I took it. I’m conversant in his brothers [the Russells]. I feel they’re nice fighters. I feel he’s going to carry the very best out of me. If I need to turn into nice, I’ve bought to get by fighters like Gary. We’re each in our prime. We’re each scorching proper now, we’re each younger, and it’s going to be a firefight.
“It doesn’t really mean nothing to me. I’m a totally different fighter,” stated Rayo, reacting to beibing advised that Russell has quite a lot of knockouts. “You saw what happened with his last fight. [Alberto] Puello did a great job. I don’t think he was ever hurt once in the fight. So, I’ll be ready. I’ll be prepared,” stated Valenzuela.
