Gary Antonio Russell: record, next fight and profile →
Emmanuel Rodriguez and Gary Antonio Russell will settle unfinished business more than a year after their very brief encounter. BoxingScene.com has learned that a Rodriguez-Russell rematch is set to take place on October 15 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
By Cliff Rold - Tucked little more than a stoplight from a bustle of commercial activity in a major shopping area, there is a square space that could be confused for a warehouse or garage to a casual passer-by. It is something else altogether.
Gary Russell Sr., a respected trainer who guided his son, Gary Jr., to the 2008 Summer Olympics and the WBC featherweight title, has died. BoxingScene.com confirmed that Russell, 63, died Monday.
Accustomed to boxing’s ups and downs, Mexican bantamweight contender Alejandro “Peque” Santiago says he’s not going to let his nationally televised majority-decision loss to Gary Antonio Russell last Saturday night (November 27) slow him down.
Park MGM, Las Vegas - Unbeaten bantamweight contender Gary Antonio Russell (19-0, 12 KOs) earned a close majority decision win by edging Mexico’s Alexandro Santiago (24-3-5, 13 KOs) in an action-packed fight that kicked off the telecast.
LAS VEGAS – Gary Antonio Russell’s confidence never wavered Saturday night, but Alexandro Santiago tested the undefeated southpaw and made him work throughout their 10-round bantamweight bout.
Ra'eese Aleem, Eduardo Baez Fight Photos Gallery - Figueroa vs. Fulton will see undefeated 122-pound world champions in a unification clash as WBC champion Brandon “Heartbreaker” Figueroa and WBO champion Stephen “Cool Boy Steph” Fulton Jr. battle in the SHOWTIME main event Saturday, November 27 in a Premier Boxing Champions event from Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas. (photos by Esther Lin)
Brandon Figueroa and Stephen Fulton both are confident that much more will separate them Saturday night than when they weighed in Friday afternoon in Las Vegas.
Brandon Figueroa and Stephen Fulton have received a new date for their 122-pound title unification fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that Figueroa and Fulton will headline a rescheduled “Showtime Championship Boxing” tripleheader November 27, the Saturday night after Thanksgiving Day. The site for the card headlined by Figueroa-Fulton, which was supposed to take place this Saturday night at Park MGM’s Park Theater in Las Vegas, will remain the same.
Hundreds of thousands of boxing fans never gave up Saturday night, even as each round of the dreadfully dull John Riel Casimero-Guillermo Rigondeaux track meet mirrored the previous three minutes.