WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. will defend his world title against top contender and WBC mandatory challenger Mark Magsayo headlining action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, January 22 from Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, NJ.
The Showtime Championship Boxing tripleheader also features a 12-round rematch between super lightweight contenders Subriel Matías and Petros Ananyan in the co-main event, plus featherweights Tugstsogt Nyambayar and Vic Pasillas squaring-off in the 10-round telecast opener.
Russell stops Magsayo inside of four rounds and fights again in November. I’m predicting it now!
November 2023?
2027, actually.
November ? Why so soon ? Unless you mean November of 2023 , then it makes sense.
Magsayo ko’s Russell inside 4 rounds and retires.
by the time he fights again after 22nd Jan he will be Gary Russell Snr
Hahaha! So true…so damn funny!!
Russell normally fights once a year but hasn’t fought this year? What happened?
Fight with Rey Vargas was postponed then scrapped multiple times
Lomochenko
This should be a PPV event…hahaha!
Magsayo, apparently a tailor made opponent for Russell Jr. But beware, Magsayo is a motivated swarmer with more than decent punching power in both hands, enough to make a difficult fight for RussellJr. Inactivity and age is one of the formulas to create an upset. Bigger stars are in the same bench now wondering what happened. Still plenty of room on that bench.
Did you mean “the same boat”? Boxers dont sit on the bench much. They dont have substitutes to take the hits.
They aren’t sailors, bench in a quiet place to think why they were defeated in a fight they were giving for granted.
I agree with your theory and, should he keep up his usual schedule, I think this may be Russell’s last successful defense. He’s a fighter with really good skills but they’re magnified because he’s such a good athlete – he may have the fastest hands of his era – and when that starts to wane, he’ll be in a really bad position.
But I just don’t think Magsayo is that guy. I hope he is, but really the only way I can see him winning this is if he either lands something crazy or if the last two years have just considerably gnawed away at Russell and he’s about half the fighter he used to be. I think the winner of this one is obligated to fight Rey Vargas, I think Vargas will have a pretty good chance to beat whoever comes out.
So let me get this straight…this man can fight once a year to two years and is allowed to keep his title with no interim champ beneath him but the WBC appoints an interim champ at the drop of a pin if their full title holders don’t fight for several months? WBC=World Boxing Criminals/Wanker Boxing Crooks/Worst Boxing Corruption.
It would be an issue if people actually wanted to fight Russel jr. for his title. He is still very much avoided.
momma said NO!
I WILL BE WATCHING THIS CARD FOR ONE FIGHT MATIAS VS ANAYAN PEOPLE DON’T TALK ABOUT IT BUT IT WAS ANAYAN WHO WENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER THAT FIGHT AND WAS OUT OF BOXING FOR 20 MONTHS’. MATIAS SHOULD HAVE WON THAT FIGHT ON POINTS BUT THEY GAVE IT TO PETROV.THERE IS ONE BOXER THAT YOU DON’T WANT TO MAKE MAD AND HIS NAME IS SUBRIEL MATIAS AN ENGINE OF DESTRUCTION.
Why are you spreading the desiformation , Ananyan never went to hospital we went straight to Los Angeles and then to Russia the very next day . It was Matias who was bailed out by the ref not to be KO’d . He was still on his feet , ready to go down when the ref opened the count . There is standing knockdown rule in Nevada . So pls be responsible for what you say .
No standing 8 in Nevada *
garry “only fight once in a decade” russell
Totally agreed with Waldo !! The most exciting fight in that card is the rematch “Subriel Matias vs Petros Anayan”. Two very tough guys ready to give everything on the ring. Although Matias deserved s title shot already after knocking out two undefeated fighters (Hawkins and Jukembayev). Anyway a rematch with Anayan is a good option for the Puerto Rican KO artist. Don’t miss it !!
Magsayo knocks out Russell possibly round 1, or definitely later.
Good to see this end up in Atlantic City. The Filipino had 2 stoppages in his 2 bouts in 2021. It’s been 23 months since Russell last fought so it should be interesting.