why is Russell Jr back in k-9 undercard

He pulled off the fight against Franco and now is fighting some Perez dude.
wasn't Franco a mandatory?

 

no, beating franco would have made him mandotory for billy dib, but i guess he wasnt confident in beaitng either.

 

i honestly think he beats both the same day

 

He's the next Ricardo Williams or Bojado.

 

He was never off the card. Just the opponent.

 

Thought I read that Franco's promoter won the purse bid for Russell-Franco and was going to do the fight around September. Russell hasn't fought since Nov of last year and has had a fight or two fall out on him this year and said he didn't want to be off any longer.

The Bundrage-Spinks card is a GBP card and Showtime was already on board with showing a Russell fight so he went that direction.

Russell's explanation could be legit or there could be more to it, but thats what he said last week.

 

a mandatory for what???he has 0 titles

 

The fight would have been for a mandatory shot at, I believe, Billy Dib's IBF title.

 

Russell jr is the future.

 

i dont know that is a little overboard. i think he has some deficiencies in his fighting style, but, he has to be 1 of the most talented fighters out there. his speed is warp speed. fastest guy i have ever seen since roy jones jr :smoke

 

Makes sense if true.

 

Little disappointed in Russ. . . Was hoping he'd up his comp. . .

But he's still young, and new. . But he should be stepping it up to B-level comp by the end of hte year, or 2013. .

 

i think gary shaw wanted to do it in july so goldenboy pulled russell from the fight stating that as the reason. but i think once they lost the bid they were never gonna let russell fight franco

 

Is this another of heymon's fighters?

 

Yes.