Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-01-22, pretty good boxing fight: Gary Russell Jr vs Mark Magsayo gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Magsayo vs Russell is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-02-08, good fight between Gary Russell Jr and Tugstsogt Nyambayar: it gets three stars.The former Olympian and Wbc Fw champion Gary Russell Jr entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 30-1-0 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Josh Warrington). He suffered his only loss when he faced Vasyl Lomachenko in 2014 (via majority decision, Lomachenko vs Russell), after this fight he has won six consecutive bouts beating Joseph Diaz (Gary Russell Jr vs Joseph Diaz) and Kiko Martinez in his last two (Gary Russell Jr vs Kiko Martinez).
His opponent, the undefeated former Olympian and Ibo Fw champ Tugstsogt Nyambayar, has a perfect record of 11-0-0 (9 KOs=82%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since January 26, 2019 when he beat Claudio Marrero (Tugstsogt Nyambayar vs Claudio Marrero); before this bout, in 2018, he had won Oscar Escandon (Tugstsogt Nyambayar vs Oscar Escandon). Russell vs Nyambayar is valid for the WBC World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-18, one sided fight between Gary Russell Jr and Kiko Martinez: it gets two stars.The former Olympian and Wbc Fw champion Gary Russell Jr entered this fight with a record of 29-1-0 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Leo Santa Cruz). He suffered his only loss when he faced Vasyl Lomachenko in 2014 (via majority decision, Lomachenko vs Russell), after this fight he has won five consecutive bouts beating Oscar Escandon (Gary Russell Jr vs Oscar Escandon) and Joseph Diaz in his last two (Gary Russell Jr vs Joseph Diaz).
His opponent, the former IBF super-Bw champ Kiko Martinez, has a boxing record of 39-8-2 (28 knockouts) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He lost to Josh Warrington in 2017 (Josh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez) but since then he has collected three victories and one technical draw beating Marc Vidal in his last one. Russell vs Martinez is valid for the WBC World featherweight title; undercard of Deontay Wilder vs Dominic Breazeale. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-19, great performance by both boxers: Gary Russell Jr vs Jo Jo Diaz gets three stars.The former Olympian and Wbc Fw champion Gary Russell Jr entered this fight with a professional record of 28-1-0 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Leo Santa Cruz). Russell suffered his only loss when he faced Vasyl Lomachenko in 2014 (via majority decision, Lomachenko vs Russell), after this fight he has won four consecutive bouts beating Patrick Hyland (Russell vs Hyland) and Oscar Escandon in his last two (Gary Russell Jr vs Oscar Escandon).
His opponent, the undefeated former Olympian Joseph Diaz, has a perfect boxing record of 26-0-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.8 in the same weight class. Between 2017 and 2018 ‘Jo Jo’ has won over Manuel Avila (Diaz vs Avila), Rafael Rivera (Joseph Diaz vs Rafael Rivera) and Victor Terrazas (Joseph Diaz vs Victor Terrazas). Russell vs Diaz is valid for the WBC World featherweight title (held by Russell). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-20, nice and tough fight between Gary Russell Jr and Oscar Escandon: it gets three stars.The Wbc Fw champion Gary Russell Jr entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 27-1-0 (16 knockouts) while his opponent, Oscar Escandon, has an official record of 25-2-0 (17 knockouts). Both boxers are not ranked as they haven’t fought for more than one year: Russell had suffered his only loss in 2014 when he faced Vasyl Lomachenko (via majority decision, Lomachenko vs Russell) but then he has won three bouts beating Patrick Hyland in his last one (=Russell vs Hyland) while Escandon had lost to Moises Flores in 2015 (via split decision, Escandon vs Flores) and he came back to win against Robinson Castellanos in 2016 (=Castellanos vs Escandon). Gary Russell Jr vs Oscar Escandon is valid for the WBC World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-16, nice combinations and good finish: Gary Russell Jr vs Patrick Hyland gets three stars.Gary Russell Jr entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 26-1-0 (15 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since March 28, 2015 when he defeated Jhonny Gonzalez (=Gonzalez vs Russell Jr); his only loss occurred in 2014 when he faced Vasyl Lomachenko (=Lomachenko vs Russell Jr).
His opponent, Patrick Hyland, has an official record of 31-1-0 (15 knockouts) and he suffered his only loss when he faced Javier Fortuna (=Fortuna vs Hyland). After this fight he has won four consecutive fights. Russell Jr vs Hyland is valid for the WBC World featherweight title (Russell’s first defense); undercard of Jose Pedraza vs Stephen Smith. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-28, pretty good fight between Jhonny Gonzalez and Gary Russell Jr: it gets three stars.Jhonny Gonzalez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 57-8-0 (48 KOs=84%) and he is ranked as the No.2 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Nicholas Walters); he suffered his last defeat in 2012 when he faced Daniel Ponce De Leon (=Gonzalez vs Ponce De Leon). Since then he has collected five consecutive victories winning the Wbc belt against Abner Mares in 2013 (=Mares vs Gonzalez) and successfully defending it with Clive Atwell (=Gonzalez vs Atwell) and Jorge Arce (=Gonzalez vs Arce).
His opponent, Gary Russell Jr, has an official record of 25-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class; he suffered his only defeat last year, against Vasyl Lomachenko (bout valid for the Wbo Fw title, Lomachenko vs Russell Jr). After losing he came back to win beating Christopher Martin. Gonzalez vs Russell Jr is valid for the WBC World featherweight title (Gonzalez’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-06-21, very high level of boxing between Vasyl Lomachenko and Gary Russell Jr: it gets three stars. The 2012 and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 1-1-0 (1 knockout – but he has an amateur record of 396-1) and he is ranked as the No.19 featherweight in the world, in his last bout he he lost to Orlando Salido via split decision in a fight valid for the vacant WBO Fw title (=Salido vs Lomachenko).
His opponent, the undefeated Gary Russell Jr, has a perfect record of 24-0-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.29 in the same weight class, he has already fought in 2014 beating Miguel Tamayo. Lomachenko vs Russell Jr is valid for the vacant WBO featherweight title, first world title shot for Russel Jr; undercard of Robert Guerrero vs Yoshihiro Kamegai. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2012-06-30, with four knockdowns, Gary Russell Jr vs Christopher Perez gets three stars. The undefeated Gary Russell Jr (19-0-0) entered as the No.35 featherweight in the world while Christopher Perez (23-2-0) entered as the No.68. Russell Jr vs Perez is on the undercard of Cory Spinks vs Cornelius Bundrage 2. Watch the video!
Review: 2011-11-26, three stars for one of the best KO’s of the year (first round). The undefeated Gary Russell Jr (18-0-0) entered as the No.38 featherweight in the world while Heriberto Ruiz (47-11-2) entered as the No.84. Russell Jr vs Ruiz is on the undercard of Adrien Broner vs Vicente Martin Rodriguez. Watch the video!
