Maybe he's just a bit of a victim for not being PPV material, when PBC went from "free boxing for all" to "every remotely decent fight PPV". Too expensive for many fights a year.
Boxing will always be about making as much money for yourself as possible whilst the sun is still shining. If sitting around doing nothing is best for that then he will do it.
After seeing how Cruz outboxed Tank, I think Russell would have beat him at 126. At 135, this might be more than Russell can handle. It might be a repeat of the LSC fight where Tank gets outboxed until he catches the smaller guy. After the close call with Cruz, look for Tank to go back to fighting no risk sure things.
Oompa Loomp Cruz is like a snail compared to Mr. Gary Russell Jr. Mr Gary Russell Jr. called out Twink 1000 times Said they know what he's done to multiple members of their gym/camp behind closed doors and they keep his name out of their mouths for a reason