Gary Russell Junior

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Gary Russell Junior boxer
Gary Russell Jr., 2010

Gary Russell Jr., 2010
Data
Birth Name Gary Allen Russell junior
Weight class Featherweight
nationality US-american
birthday 5th June 1988
place of birth Washington, DC
style Legal display
size 1.65 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 31
Victories 30th
Knockout victories 18th
Defeats 1

Gary Allen Russell Jr. (born June 5, 1988 in Washington, DC , USA ) is an American boxer and WBC world featherweight champion. He won a bronze bantamweight medal at the 2005 Amateur World Championships in Mianyang .

Amateur career

Gary Russell Jr., the oldest of four boxing brothers, started boxing at Enigma Boxing Capital Heights , Maryland , sports club in 1995 . From the start of his career, he has been looked after by his father, Gary Russell Sr., who is supported by coaches Robert Martin and Floyd Seymour. As an alternative to boxing, Russell likes to play football.

He achieved his first major success in 2004 when he became US Junior Olympic Champion, comparable to the US Junior Champion. At the age of just 17 he won the National Golden Gloves in Little Rock in 2005 with a victory over Sergio Perales and in the same year he also won the US Seniors Championship in Colorado Springs with a victory over Sytel Wilborn Bantamweight. He was the youngest American boxer to have achieved this "double" by then.

At the 2005 World Championships in Mianyang / China , Gary Russell junior started in the bantamweight division and won over Detelin Dalaklijew , Bulgaria (25:21), Tyson Cave, Canada (22: 9) and Al Gharaghir Ibrahim from Iran (34:13) Points before he lost in the semifinals against Rustam Rachimow from Germany on points (17:28). By reaching the semi-finals, however, he had already won a bronze medal at the World Championships.

In 2006, Gary Russell junior was again USA bantamweight champion. He defeated Leodegario Santa Cruz in the final with 13: 6 points. He also won the so-called National PAL Championships that year with a victory over Roberto Marroquin (16: 7).

In 2007 Russell had to give up injured at the USA bantamweight championship after a victorious fight against Jessy Cruz. But he was able to start again at the World Championships in Chicago . He won in Chicago over Rudolf Dydi from Slovakia on points (13: 6), then defeated Peter Moyshenson from Israel by breaking off in the third round and also beat Ali Hallab from France on points (22:14). In the quarter-finals, however, he had to admit defeat to Sergei Wodopjanow from Russia , the eventual world champion , on points (6:16) and came in fifth at this World Cup with three other boxers.

In the US Olympic elimination, which took place after these World Championships, Gary Russell Jr. lost his first fight against Roberto Marroquin on points (16:17). That was his first loss to an American boxer in eight years. Due to the special mode of the event, he was able to continue boxing and made it to the final with four wins over David Clar, Sammy Dipace, Sergio Perales and Ronny Rios, in which he faced Robert Marroquin again. In this fight he was no longer surprised and won clearly on points (25:13), which he secured participation in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing .

However, he suffered a circulatory collapse during training in Beijing on August 8, 2008 due to dehydration in order to maintain the weight limit and was therefore unable to compete in the Olympic boxing tournament.

International success

(WM = world championship, Ba = bantam weight, up to 54 kg body weight)

National successes

(Final results)

  • 2004, 1st place, US Junior Olympic Championships, Ba;
  • 2005, 1st place, National Golden Goves in Little Rock , Ba, with a point victory over Sergio Perales,
  • 2005, 1st place, USA Championship in Colorado Springs , Ba, with a point victory over Sytel Wilborn,
  • 2006, 1st place, USA Championship in Colorado Springs, Ba, with a point victory over Leodegario Santa Cruz,
  • 2006, 1st place, National-PAL-Champiolns, Ba, with a victory over Roberto Marroquin ,
  • 2007, 1st place, USA Olympic elimination, Ba, with a victory over Roberto Marroquin

International battles

  • 2005 in Moscow , Belarus against USA (World Cup), Ba, point winner over Chavazhi Khatsygow (21:20),
  • 2005 in Moscow, Russia against USA (World Cup), Ba, point defeat against Maksim Khalikow (22:31)

Professional career

In January 2009, Gary Russel junior moved to the professional camp and boxed there in the featherweight division. He won his first professional fight on January 16, 2009 in Tulsa by technical knockout in the third round against Antonio Reyes. In June 2014 he was defeated in his first World Cup chance just on points against Wassyl Lomatschenko . On March 28, 2015, he finally won the WBC title through an early win against Jhonny González . So far he has defended the title against Patrick Hyland, Oscar Escandon, Joseph Diaz and Kiko Martínez .

swell

  • Box Sport trade journal from 2004 to 2008,
  • Website "www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl" ",
  • Website of the American Amateur Boxing Association,
  • "Sports123.com" website

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Russell, Gary Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Russell, Gary Allen Junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American boxer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th June 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC