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Gary Russell and Vasyl Lomachenko may have arrived at the same stage as amateurs and now again in the pro ranks, but the paths they’ve traveled and their approach to the sport couldn’t be more opposite.
A sanctioned vacant featherweight title fight brings the two together this weekend, colliding at the StubHub Center in Carson, California in a bout to air live on Showtime. The fight comes six years after both traveled to Beijing to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Russell was considered the class of the U.S. squad, but dehydration led to his dream ending at the scales, passing out during the morning weigh-in prior to the opening round of competition.
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A sanctioned vacant featherweight title fight brings the two together this weekend, colliding at the StubHub Center in Carson, California in a bout to air live on Showtime. The fight comes six years after both traveled to Beijing to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Russell was considered the class of the U.S. squad, but dehydration led to his dream ending at the scales, passing out during the morning weigh-in prior to the opening round of competition.
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