russell will learn from this and be back.

GRJ really impressed me tonight...he went up against a guy who was clearly bigger and stronger than him, a guy that that was more experienced and more technical. still russell was able to take loma's best and shut loma down for long stretches in the fight. russell showed a good chin, stamina and ability to box on even terms with loma. he even had the bigger man running away from him on many occaisios. it was russell who made the fight and who pressed the actin thnroughout. only problem was russell tired down the stretch when it looked like was fittin to finish strong.

wiith better coaching and a few tune ups against live oppostion, russell will be back in the mix. if he can gain some more experience, technical skills and add a few lbs of muscle naturally, he wll beat loma in the rematch.

 

he also landed some great shots that were on the button...he showed better than average chin and heart. this was not a walk-over like some are making it out to be...it was a close, competitiive fight.

part of the problem is the compubox...that 10% nonsense doesn't match what i saw, and it clearly doesn't match what the judges saw. russell faded in the 11th and 12th. if he wins those rounds, the fight is a split draw in russell's favor.

the other problem is the announcers, especially loudmouths like malignaggi who are not telling viewers what's really happening in the fight. i understand it's about promoting their own fighter...but then they act like the judges are the ones who are crazy for not scoring every round for loma.

 

i looked up compubox... those stats are not what you think they are. it's just some guy hitting a button when he feels a punch has landed. i counted punches myself and found the 10% to be grossly incorrect, and so did the official judges.

 

lol....look at all this celebration over decision like this. dude, it's not like GRJ got dropped or hurt at any point in the fight. except for the showtime commentary, it was far from a convincing win. loma was clearly the bigger stronger guy and was still running away and ineffective for rounds at a time. loma is a better technical guy, but it was really the size and weight differential that pulled it out for him in the championship rounds.