I've just seen on our Paul's Facebook but aint had chance to speak to him yet. Anybody know the reason? The dude who worked for Primetime said on Saturday the fight had been pulled but nothing more was said
Russell called it off,something about visas,Truscott devastated,he was lashing the sparring partners over there,apparently looked really handy.
Our Paul said Russell called it off. He was beating up all the sparring partner's in the gym's over there then he got the call today it'd been called off.
Maybe he would have got battered,but he didnt bottle it,he went to fight,he never called it off,hats off to the lad i say,seems Russell might want protecting a bit longer,i mean Truscott only got 2 stoppages,whats there to worry about,but something worried Russell obviously.
Unbeaten southpaw featherweight Gary Russell Jr. of Capitol Heights, Md., will pursue his 11th knockout and his 17th win against replacement opponent Eric Estrada of Chicago on Saturday night's undercard of the Amir Khan-Zab Judah fight Saturday in Las Vegas, Russell told RingTV.com on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Russell (16-0, 10 knockouts) was originally scheduled to face 25-year-old twice-beaten Paul Truscott (17-2-2, two KOs) of England, a winner of his past four bouts. But Russell Jr. said that Truscott pulled out of the bout "about two days ago." "I heard nothing about his reasons for pulling out, but basically, we fight whomever they put in front of us. There is a little bit of frustration when you think that you're fighting one person and then they switch your opponent," said Gary Russell Sr., the father and trainer of Gary Russell Jr. "We trained for the original opponent that we were supposed to fight. Truscott is really a strong fighter for the weight class, so we had sparring partners who fought like him, because we knew that he was going to run," said the elder Russell. "Then we hear we're not fighting him, and that there was another guy that they wanted us to fight. That was another guy even before Estrada. But now, we're fighting Eric." Gary Russell Jr. is coming off of a June 17 fourth-round knockout of southpaw Antonio Meza (24-10-1, 16 KOs, who he floored once in the third round and twice in the fourth. The 23-year-old Estrada has won nine of 10 bouts with three knockouts, being stopped in the sixth round against 25-year-old Luis Cruz (18-0, 14 KOs) in June of 2010. Estrada has been campaigning most recently as a super featherweight, having rebounded from that loss with a six round unanimous decision over James Lester (9-5, four KOs) in March. "We're Gary's promoter, and I think that Gary Russell Jr. is one of the most talented young emerging stars. And I really feel that his day is going to come when he is going to be pound for pound one of the best fighters in the world," said Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer. "He really has the skills, he has the excitement factor, and he's one of the most thrilling guys to watch. He's maybe the guy with the fastest hands in the sport," said Schaefer. "Gary Russell is as exciting as it comes. He's fantastic. I think he's one of the most exciting fighters right now in the sport." Gary Russell Sr. said that he and his son will be flying out on Wednesday for Las Vegas.
Apparently Truscotts was almost in tears when he herad the fight was off,hes going home to talk to his family about his future,hes totally devastated that its off,it was his lifetime ambition to fight in Vegas,he has said it was called off by Russells camp,guess we'l never know the full story,apparently he was handling his Southpaw sparring partners with ease,they have never been happier with how things were going,oh well.
Was impressing in sparring and apparently russel is the one who pulled out, according to Trussy they didn't fancy it.