American Gary Russell Jr. (31-1, 18 KOs) will make the mandatory defence of his World Boxing Council featherweight title against Filipino Mark Magsayo in a “Showtime Championship Boxing” main event on January 22nd, in a place to be defined.
Russell, 33, has defended his WBC belt five times since he defeated Mexico’s Jhonny González in March 2015.
Magsayo (23-0, 16 KOs), who is trained by Freddie Roach, is the number two contender for the WBC and is coming off a major win by defeating Mexican Julio Ceja.
“Line they azz up, we’ll dust they azz off!” – Gary Russell Jr. is focused on Magsayo
WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. gives The Boxing Source answers on the upcoming fight with Mark Magsayo, the state of the featherweight division, working in the corner of Gary Antonio Russell a couple weeks ago, thoughts on the 135 pound division, and his “inactivity”… #GaryRussellJr #MarkMagsayo #RussellMagsayo
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