On this weekend’s undercard for the Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov battle, Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela will be entering the ring versus Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz and is anticipated to have his hands complete at least. Speaking to Fight Hub television about the battle, Valenzuela states he understands Pitbull will try to overwhelm him with pressure and power punches however that he’ll be prepared to handle that.

Valenzuela on how he’s feeling for this battle versus ‘Pitbull’ Cruz

“I’m very thrilled, you understand, the minute I’ve been waiting on. This is it right here, for all the marbles, this is for the lottery game, this is for whatever.

“I’ve been envisioning it everyday since I got the call. It’s going to be fireworks. He’s going to come hard and I have to fire back very precisely.”

On how he prepares to decrease Cruz

“Making him miss and making him pay. You make a guy miss and you hurt him, he’s going to think twice about throwing them overhands.”

On what he saw in Cruz’s face when they satisfied personally

“He’s tense. He’s real tense, he’s angry or whatever but that’s going to work against him in the ring.”

On the Crawford vs Madrimov centerpiece

“I think that’s a great fight. Israil, you can’t overlook him. He’s determined, he’s dedicated, and he’s going to come to fight. But Crawford right now, I believe he’s in his prime and he’s very tactical and very precise so I’m going to have to go with Crawford.”