Honestly, I've seen several of his amateur matches, I have no ****ing idea where these outsized expectations are coming from. I see absolutely nothing special, especially in relation to the amount of future ATG hype he gets. It's beyond undeserved.
I'm glad he didn't sign with top rank only for the fact I don't want to hear Tessitore, Ward, Kriegel, and Bradley say whatever catch phrase they would give him 200 times a telecast. "Next up, the future all time great of greats, Andy Cruz"
He will be dodged like the plage. Unfortunately those waiting the best fighting Cruz will only get top fighters moving out of the weight. Like frampton, santacruz and every freaking figther in superbantam who fled out of there avoiding rigo like the plage. That's boxing in 2023. Some idiot will say that "Cruz is boring" to justify the massive dodge, and that's all.