Gary Russell vs. Mark Magsayo | Showtime - January 22, 2022

[gregregegg]

I hope garry loses. his carrer has absolutly bored me to death. wouldent be shocked if he retires either way, not like he likes being active and his hand is fuked...

[oogiebe]

I hope garry loses. his carrer has absolutly bored me to death. wouldent be shocked if he retires either way, not like he likes being active and his hand is fuked...

Yeah, but unfortunate for anyone to lose because of injury. Russell would've won this with two hands.

[margaret thatcher]

I hope garry loses. his carrer has absolutly bored me to death. wouldent be shocked if he retires either way, not like he likes being active and his hand is fuked...

Yeah, but unfortunate for anyone to lose because of injury. Russell would've won this with two hands.

now that makes perfect sense, and is exactly what you'd think, but funny enough i thought he was also losing before the injury

once he got injured he started boxing more cautious , maybe playing to his strengths more? but it did look like he started to especially have issues with it in the second half

[CMCanavessi]

Lol at that 114 114 card

[Ruthless-RKO]

magsayo deserves it but he was hardly impressive

He let himself down at championship level imo

[JxhDel.]

Magsayo freed the title, at last!

[Ruthless-RKO]

[margaret thatcher]

mags just seems a bit robotic and unimaginative imo. he just throws a shot or two, then has to reset. and repeat. no real upping the pace either.

that said, congrats on the big win

[Ruthless-RKO]

Who’s the longest reigning now?

[margaret thatcher]

Who’s the longest reigning now?

the 20-0 thai dude, knockout cp freshmart or whatever it is now

[oogiebe]

mags just seems a bit robotic and unimaginative imo. he just throws a shot or two, then has to reset. and repeat.

that said, congrats on the big win

If he could've controlled the distance he might have stopped him. Should've pressed the action after the injury and he just didn't.

[gregregegg]

No sympathy for garry russ in this case. Claims to come in hurt, then recons he gave a boxing lesson... dont like the attitude, especialy coming from someone famously inactive.... No need to give him a rematch (unless he gets very well compensated).


Sounds like denzel washington which is a laugh....

[Mexi-Box]

I didn't know GRJ was the longest reigning champion. What's further crazy that I think his best win was Jojo Diaz during all his defenses. What a lackluster champion for sure, especially when the division was stacked for a bit.

[KiwiRider]

I sensed an upset, but not through injury.
Good job anyway.

[margaret thatcher]

one thing noticable about the longest champion list......was a lot of guys who have very low activity rather than a lot of high quality defenses. basically guys sitting on the belt

[Bard of Boxrec]

Lol at that ‘longest reigning’ stat. That’s a lot more achievable if you fight once a year!

Anyway, hopefully this is the last we see of Russell

[Las Vegas boxing guy]

Anyway, hopefully this is the last we see of Russell

I hope not. I was ringside when he knocked out Jhonny Gonzalez in the 4th round. Trust me .... it was great!! I'd like to see Russell Jr back in the ring within 5 months. But, I do wonder, does he still have the hunger?? Another long layoff would be unacceptable.

[margaret thatcher]

in those record setting 6 years and 10 months, gary made 5 successful titles defenses

in 9 months from 2019-2020, emmanuel navarette made 5 successful title defenses

[Bard of Boxrec]

Anyway, hopefully this is the last we see of Russell

I hope not. I was ringside when he knocked out Jhonny Gonzalez in the 4th round. Trust me .... it was great!! I'd like to see Russell Jr back in the ring within 5 months. But, I do wonder, does he still have the hunger?? Another long layoff would be unacceptable.

He never had the hunger.

[Ruthless-RKO]

So he injured his shoulder in round 4

[Ruthless-RKO]

Compubox Stats



Gary Russell's previous 8 opponents landed 28.7% of their power punches. Mark Magsayo landed 41% of his power punches (140 of 340).

Russell averaged 37 jabs thrown per round coming into this bout, but a right shoulder injury caused him to stop throwing his jab.

Despite Russell not landing a jab from round 4 on, he still landed more total jabs (11) than Magsayo (10). Russell fought the majority of the fight with one arm and was only able to throw 27 punches per round, a far cry from his usual average of 72 punches thrown per round.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Official Judges Scorecards

[DrDuke]

Magsayo looked quite good in the first 2 rounds with his variable right hands. After Russell went one-armed, he made Magsayo miss more. Eventually, Magsayo simply outworked a one-armed opponent. It didn't look that impressive.

[margaret thatcher]

Magsayo looked quite good in the first 2 rounds with his variable right hands. After Russell went one-armed, he made Magsayo miss more. Eventually, Magsayo simply outworked a one-armed opponent. It didn't look that impressive.

pretty much this. it was funny that gr started doing better with one arm, although he eventually faded and mags rightfully won it

[Perkin Warbeck]

It's good for the sport of boxing that Mark Magsayo won the title.

He may not be a great talent, but he likely won't hold the belt hostage like Russell did.