Forced struggle, without resource: Robert Garcia reveals the lack of the resale clause of Jose Valenzuela in the loss of title in Gary Russell

Jose ‘Rayo’ coach Valenzuela, Robert Garcia, says he did not have a resuscitation clause voluntary Title Defense of his IBF heavyweight belt against Gary Antuanne Russell last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Rayo lost the fight for a wide unanimous decision of 12 rounds for the score 119-109, 119-109 and 120-108. Robert Garcia claims that Valenzuela (14-3, 9 kos) said he was told that he could not have a resuscitation clause for the fight. He had no choice but to accept the struggle with Russell without a resuscitation clause.

The demand for “he or nobody”

Robert says Rayo told him that Russell was the only struggle that would be offered, saying: “He is he or no one else.“In the posterior eye, Valenzuela should not have fought with Russell, unless the money was out of this world.

“It was one of those nights where it was not his night. He couldn’t leave -he could not go down. Without excuses. Russell went out in a beast mode, went ahead, he continued to throw punches and did not let Rayo fit himself,” said coach Robert Garcia. Ysm Sports MediaReflecting on his fighter, former Ibf Light Welterweight champion, Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela, against Gary Russell, Saturday night.

“He did not let Rayo discover him. (Antuanne Russell) continued to come from the first round to the end,” Robert continued. “He never stopped throwing punches and never stopped doing his job.”

The movement that Valenzuela had used so well in his wins on Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz and Chris Colbert was not last Saturday against Russell. However, with the way he was cutting the ring, counteracting and dominating from the outside, he would probably not have imported if Rayo had moved more.

No resuscitation clause

“When Rayo fought, we said to him,” Why this struggle, Rayo? “The Russells have always been great fighters, they always win by tie. I could have been someone else and they told me, Is he or no one else. He said, they forced him to fight him. Then he said, “I was not even left to get a resuscitation clause.”

“You are the champion, it is your voluntary defense of the title. A resuscitation clause should have been allowed, everyone does it. Pitbull had a resuscitation clause. With Rayo, he told us: “It does not allow me to obtain a resuscitation clause.” Signed the contract. Now we can’t do anything.

“He should have had at least one resuscitation clause in the contract, but they said,” No, there is no resuscitation clause. “