This Saturday, headlining main events here in the states and abroad feature newly crowned champion in Mark Magsayo, facing a tough style matchup in Rey Vargas as part of a Showtime tripleheader.
Manny Pacquiao Promotions president Seab Gibbons says WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. was injured during last Saturday night’s fight by the punching from mandatory challenger hitting him on his right shoulder during the fourth round at the Borgata Hotel Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Manny Pacquiao, THE greatest Filipino boxer ever (some say one of THE greatest pound-for-pound fighters of all-time regardless of where they come from) has sent out a message of congratulations to his countryman Mark Magsayo, who defeated Gary Russell Jr last night via close decision to take the WBC featherweight title.
Boxing fans were treated to a good main event that took place at the Borgata Hotel Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Unbeaten Mark Magsayo defeated longtime champion Gary Russell Jr. by majority decision Saturday night to capture the WBC Featherweight World Championship in the SHOWTIME main event from Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, N.J.
Mark Magsayo (24-0, 16 KOs) made ring rusty & injured WBC World featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. (31-2, 18 KOs) pay for his two years of inactivity by outworking him to win a 12 round majority decision at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, NJ
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Russell came into the fight with an injured right shoulder, and he was unable to use that arm following the fourth round.
Mark ‘Magnifico’ Magsayo ended the longest active title reign in boxing as he upset Garry Russell Jr. Magsayo started the fight strongly but Russell fought bravely after suffering a shoulder injury to make the fight close on the scorecards despite the champion fighting largely with one arm from round five onwards.
This Saturday the WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. returns from almost a 2-year sabbatical. Russell’s opponent is the WBC mandatory Mark Magsayo, an unbeaten fighter fresh off a back and forth affair against Julio Ceja.
As the boxing schedule is starting to pick for the New Year, an intriguing matchup is in store this weekend. The fight is between WBC World Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr and Mark Magsayo.
Gary Russell Jr. believes that destroying #3 WBC challenger Mark Magsayo on Saturday could make it difficult for him to get the bigger fights he wants for the next defense of his WBC featherweight title in the summer.