Gary Antuanne Russell talks to Struggle Hype about his cut up choice loss to Alberto Puello and criticism he obtained he obtained afterwards. Russell says he believes he made the error of permitting the struggle to be too aggressive regardless of feeling like he gained, which he believes left the official judges sufficient wiggle room to favor Puello.
“We had a submit press convention and a few vital individuals to me exterior of my brothers, they was simply saying — I respect their opinion — however they was simply speaking about how I relate to Shawn Porter, I give a Shawn Porter struggle fashion,” Russell mentioned. “I mentioned ‘nah, that’s disrespectful.’ No disrespect to Shawn Porter however actually he’s one dimensional. Everyone can rely on him to placed on his soccer helmet and his shoulder pads and simply are available in recklessly and being aggressive.
“Now it’s a distinction whenever you’re aggressive and also you’re strategic with the way you strategy your opponent, the way you apply your strain. I can do it in a number of aspects…from one to spherical 5 I used to be making use of strain how I usually apply strain to my opponents, successfully, strategically. However after spherical 5 I began deviating from the sport plan, which was a fault on me.
“Me, personally, I felt like I did sufficient to win however I made it too aggressive. I take a look at that as any individual who can get themselves some brownie factors in the event that they was to outlive with a Mike Tyson. I’ve a 100% knockout ratio. At this level you didn’t do sufficient to beat me for actual, for actual, however since you survived motherfucker, kudos to you, since you survived. They will sort of offer you like some brownie factors.
“I didn’t really feel like he was outclassing me or nothing like that, didn’t harm me or nothing like that. I felt I made it too aggressive to the purpose the place the judges can like lean a goddamn board to the facet and say ‘yeah, aight, we can provide it to him, he survived.’
“If I see him once more I’m going to knock him the fuck out. That’s the entire sport plan.”
