Jose Valenzuela

Usually when a, when you pick up a vacant belt, you get the mandatory put on you straight away.

There's José Valenzuela, obviously Zufah, lightweight champion at the minute.

Um, there is also Gary Russell Jr.

Remember him?

He impressed them.

Even when he lost to Jose Valenzuela, that fight, at any given time, he could have chain-checked Jose Valenzuela and defended his title.

I would like to see that fight I want to see Ryan.

He could be Joe Frazier.

And yes, he was a southpaw.

I'm talking about Jose Valenzuela.

He was able to use that on the outside and get the best of Cruz that night.

I don't know if it's just me, but it's crazy to think that Cruz is only 28 years old.

This one might probably kind of set it off a little bit for them, because this is the return of Isak Pitbull Cruz on there, and he's facing Nestor Bravo.

And like I said, for Pitbull, they put him in with people that... are not going to run around or you know or actually use the sweet science to actually beat them like jose valenzuela or anything like that you know because you know that's what that because people doesn't like and then people is like one of the few organic pbc uh fighters you know that has a full has a legit following like you know every and everywhere that he goes Like, you know, you hear his fans, his fans, they pull him like he has something, you know, and that I won't deny, though.

But I'm not much of a fan of his because, you know, because of his mentality of ducking smoke that he shouldn't be ducking.

Like, you know, there was a mando to Shakur and Devin Haney and then and then even didn't bother to go get shots at the title.

He didn't want to.

And then eventually when he got his belt from beating Rowley and he fought Jose Valenzuela and Valenzuela boxed his head off, Drew complained about how Valenzuela boxed him.

So yeah, I can't rock with fighters like that.

But you have to, wherever you can get an entertaining fight from him, so be it.

He's also had some moments where it's been like, all right, well...

How good is he? Especially the Jose Valenzuela fight where he got outboxed over 12 rounds to lose his title.

So what's your viewpoint of Isak Cruz? Do you believe he is a top guy at 140 pounds?

Yeah, he has to be a top guy.

Valenzuela fought the fight of his life, and he is the goods.

This guy will probably be a champion again, and he has a great trainer in Robert Garcia.

I really like Jose Valenzuela, so that's not coming up short.

Losing against Tank, I thought that was a competitive fight.