Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz Aims to Strengthen the Superstar against Jose 'Rayo' Valenzuela

Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz will be looking to extend his fame 18 days from now when he defends his WBA light welterweight title against Jose 'Rayo' Valenzuela on August 3rd on the Terence Crawford vs. Israel Madrimov.

Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KOs) vs. 'Rayo' Valenzuela (13-2, 9 KOs) in one of the more exciting fights on this card, hosted by the Honorable Turki Alalshikh at the 22,000-seat BMO arena. Los Angeles.

This will be the 26-year-old 'Pitbull' Cruz's first defense of his WBA title, which he captured earlier this year, knocking out champion Rolando 'Rolly' Romero in the eighth round on March 30 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Vegas.

Cruz's opponent, 'Rayo' Valenzuela, put himself in position to challenge for the world title by knocking out Chris Colbert in the sixth round in their rematch on December 16 last year at The Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In Rayo's last two fights, he lost to Colbert by a dubious twelve round decision and was knocked out by Edwin De Los Santos.

“Isaac Cruz is becoming one of the biggest stars in American boxing. Also, there will be a lot of support for him in Los Angeles, and this fight is tough,” said Eddie Hearn on Matchroon Boxing's YouTube channel, talking about WBA light welterweight champion Isaac 'Pitbull' Cruz who will defend against #5 Jose ' Rayo' Valenzuela on August 3 on ESPN+ PPV.

In terms of entertainment value, 'Pitbull' Cruz is the most entertaining fight on the card and one that many boxing fans are looking forward to seeing. That's not the main event between Crawford and Madrimov, but Cruz-Rayo is a fight where these two guys will be throwing bombs from the start.

They won't try to punch like Crawford is expected in his fight, and it will be entertaining for a long time.

“Valenzuela is a smart and smart fighter who can fight in the gaps. He knows how to fight inside and fight outside,” said Hearn. “But Pitbull Cruz is strong and fun. He's a true pound-for-pound fighter but he can also be a PPV fighter.”

I wouldn't call 'Rayo' Valenzuela a “tricky” fighter. He's like a gunner who's going to be shooting bullets at 'Pitbull' Cruz, trying to get him out of there because that's his style. In addition, Rayo is looking to give the fans a big fight, and will not want to play it safe, which will hurt his sales.

“He is there [Cruz] all the action, and when he fought on the Tim Tszyu card [on March 30th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas]”The whole field was going well for Pitbull Cruz, and that's going to be a great fight,” Hearn said.