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Gary Russell Jr vs Kiko Martinez Preview May 18th
Gary Russell Jr of Washington DC defends his WBC Featherweight Title for the fourth time this Saturday, May 18th when he takes on Kiko Martinez of Spain at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The 12-round contest can be seen live in the UK on Sky Sports while American fans can catch it on Showtime and Canadians can see it on TSN 2. Russell last fought in May of 2018 when he beat Joseph Diaz by unanimous decision. Martinez’s last outing was in October when he beat Marc Vidal by a 10-round unanimous decision.
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Here are the betting odds from online sportsbook BetOnline.ag (full review here).
- Kiko Martinez +1400
- Gary Russell Jr. -5000
Feb 07, 2020 / Russell vs Nyambayar, Gary Russell Jr, Tugstsogt Nyambayar Gary Russell Jr. Tugstsogt Nyambayar: Elite on Elite. A high-level, high-stakes battle goes down Saturday night as Gary Russell Jr. Defends his world featherweight title versus the. Odds at Bovada; Gary Russell Jr-400: Tugstsogt Nyambayar +300: Odds taken Feb. Nyambayar is undefeated and regarded by some pundits as one of the sport’s best-kept secrets. A win here could propel him right into the widespread consciousness of the boxing world. Nyambayar captured the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics and won that. Gary Allen Russell Jr (Mr.) is a professional boxer from USA. Born 05 Jun 1988. His professional record consists of 31 total fights, with 30 Wins (18 by KO), 1 Loss, 0 Draws. Russell Jr is in the featherweight division, he fights in the southpaw stance.
My Pick
The 30-year-old Russell has been relatively inactive lately with just one fight a year in from 2015 to 2018. This is his first outing in almost exactly a year. The southpaw will climb into the ring with a fine record of 29-1 along with 17 Kos. His lone loss came at the hands of Vasyl Lomachenko in a title shot via a majority decision in June of 2014. Russell is well known for his power, speed, and combination punching and enters the bout with a knockout ratio of 57 per cent. He stands just over 5-feet-4-inches tall with a 64-inch reach. He turned pro back in 2009 and has boxed 143 rounds since then.
Russell’s toughest pro tests so far have been against Diaz, Lomachenko, Jhonny Gonzalez and Oscar Escandon in title bouts with the rest of his opponents being relative unknowns. The champion is a tremendous athlete, but the majority of his bouts have been somewhat boring for most fans because he’s been far too superior for his opponents. He’s hoping to one day get a rematch with Lomachenko, but will have to move up in weight to do so and of course needs to get past Martinez on Saturday night.
The 33-year-old Martinez is a former world junior featherweight titleholder who has a record of 39-8-2 with 28 Kos to his name. He’s usually stumbled when fighting the elite of his weight divisions such as Carl Frampton, Scott Quigg, Josh Warrington, Leo Santa Cruz, Rendall Munroe and Takalani Ndlovu. Frampton and Munroe beat him twice while Frampton stopped him once as did Quigg and Santa Cruz. Martinez’s biggest wins have been over Bernard Dunne, Arsen Matirosyan, Jason Booth and Hozumi Hasegawa.
Martinez’s fights are usually quite exciting due to his power and unsteady chin. His current knockout ratio stands at 57 per cent and he’s been stopped three times. He stands 5-foot-5 with a 66-inch reach and has 282 rounds to his name since turning pro in 2004. This gives him a slight height and reach advantage of two inches over Russell. Martinez hasn’t fought often in North America, but he came over in 2013 and stopped Jhonatan Romero in the sixth round in Atlantic City to capture the IBF World Super Bantamweight Championship.
Martinez defended his crown twice before Frampton took it from him. Along the way Martinez has also captured the European Super Bantamweight Title a couple of times as well as the and WBO Latino Super Bantamweight Crown. Martinez is basically in the twilight of his career at the moment and this shot against Russell should be a decent payday for his eventual retirement.
Prediction…
Martinez shouldn’t be taken lightly by Russell since he’s a decent boxer with pretty good power. The champion should use his speed, mobility and boxing skills to keep Martinez on the back foot and he shouldn’t have much of a problem retaining his title once more especially since Martinez has a somewhat questionable chin.
Russell’s too slick and quick.
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Will Gary Russell Jr. ever get a major fight?
He did face Vasyl Lomachenko in 2014 for a vacant featherweight world title, but that wasn't a big fight then. In fact, it was on a Showtime undercard, where Russell took his only professional loss by clear decision.
In 2015, Russell won a featherweight belt and has defended it five times (including against three pretty soft touches), but his fighting schedule has been sporadic, to say the least. He has boxed just once in each calendar year from 2015 to 2019.
Russell can't seem to make up his mind as to why. At times, he'll say it is because he cannot get a big name to face him. Then he'll say he's OK with the schedule because boxing is a business to him and the light schedule helps him preserve his body.
Whatever the reason, Russell, a 2008 U.S. Olympian from Capitol Heights, Maryland, is now 31 and has been a pro since early 2009. He is an outstanding talent who can do it all in the ring -- but that won't last forever. He is fast with his hands and feet. He has great skills. He has experience. His defense is excellent. He has solid power. If he fought more often, there is no doubt in my mind that he would be considered one of the top 10 pound-for-pound fighters in the world.
Russell (31-1, 18 KOs) once again showed his talents as he came off a nine-month layoff and made defense No. 5 against mandatory challenger 'King Tug' Tugstsogt Nyambayar on Saturday night in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Russell turned in yet another quality performance against a worthy opponent in 27-year-old Nyambayar, who won a silver medal for Mongolia at the 2012 Olympic Games in London but did not turn pro until 2015.
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Russell dominated the first half of the fight, especially with his right jab, and although Nyambayar (11-1, 9 KOs) finished strong, it was not nearly enough as Russell got the nod 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112.
But what now for Russell? Will he even fight again in 2020? I have a hunch that, yes, we will see him a second time this year. At least I hope we do. He is too talented to waste his career away by fighting so infrequently. He is a known gym rat, and I never understood why a guy would spend all that time training and not put it to use in a fight and get paid seven figures for it.
Now there is some truth to the notion that getting a big name to fight him has been problematic, but even if Russell can't get the biggest fights, he could still fight the best guy willing to face him and make a lot of money. He wants a rematch with now-unified lightweight champion Lomachenko, but Loma has other plans, so that is not happening any time soon, if ever, even though Russell said after Saturday's fight that he's willing to move up two divisions to lightweight for the right fight.
His problem is that there are very few big fights that could possibly be made for him at featherweight, junior lightweight or lightweight.
At featherweight, there is literally nothing of note for him. The other biggest names in the division, titleholders Josh Warrington and Shakur Stevenson, are probably going to meet later this year. The rest of the top 10 either have other plans or are fights few would care about.
If Russell moves up to junior lightweight, there is also very little of significance for him or in terms of makeable fights. He wants to face titlist Leo Santa Cruz, who also still holds a featherweight belt. That's a major fight and is doable since they are both with Premier Boxing Champions, but according to sources, Santa Cruz has balked at the fight multiple times. Also, Santa Cruz more likely will go for an even bigger fight against lightweight titlist Gervonta Davis, which takes another potential opponent away from Russell.
If Russell went to lightweight, a fight with Davis would be huge. Russell is from the Washington, D.C., area. Davis is from Baltimore. It would sell out any arena in the region and would receive ample hype.
But if Davis faces Santa Cruz, which is no slam dunk considering the recent domestic violence charge against Davis, it leaves Russell out of the mix there. It means Russell would once again be a man with all the talent in the world but nobody of stature to put it to good use against.
Brook back on track
It was just what the doctor ordered for former welterweight world titlist Kell Brook, who returned from a 14-month layoff to stop the very game Mark DeLuca in the seventh round of a junior middleweight bout Saturday in Brook's hometown of Sheffield, England.
The question going into the bout was what Brook had left after major injuries and layoffs since 2016. As it turned out, Brook looked pretty good, all things considered. He was in excellent condition and had a spring in his step. Yes, it took him a few rounds to get warmed up against DeLuca, but DeLuca was the perfect opponent for him since he was not in Brook's league in terms of skill but displayed a fighting spirit that made Brook work for the victory.
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Brook (39-2, 27 KOs), 33, dropped DeLuca (24-2, 13 KOs), 31, a former Marine from Whitman, Massachusetts, in the third round and appeared to break his nose as heavy blood began to flow. He floored him again with a nasty left hand on the chin for another knockdown in the seventh round, and referee Phil Edwards appropriately stopped the fight.
It was the kind of back-in-the-groove win Brook needed to show he's not done yet while also setting himself up for something much bigger.
The next step: For years, the big fight for Brook has been a grudge match against countryman Amir Khan. There have been offers and negotiations multiple times between the camps, but for one reason or another, it has never been made. At this point, it seems unlikely to happen, and even if it does, it is now well past its sell-by date. But at ringside Saturday was another of Brook's countrymen, former junior middleweight titlist Liam Smith. They know each other well from sparring and have been friendly for years, and a fight between them makes a lot of sense for both. Smith was there with an eye on Brook as a future opponent, and Brook welcomed the fight.
'I don't shy away from any fighter,' Brook said. 'I have a lot of respect for Liam Smith. He boxed a stablemate of mine in Liam Williams. I've sparred him, and if those spars are anything to go by, the fight would be amazing. I know he wants the fight. We'll sit down with [Matchroom Boxing promoter] Eddie [Hearn]. I love the Smith family, but once we get in there, it's business. I want to get straight back in the gym. I want to be fighting again in 10 or 12 weeks.'
On Monday, Smith posted a poll on Twitter asking fans whether they wanted to see the fight. With more than 12,000 votes cast, it was running 84% to 16% in favor of the fight. Add one more vote from me as somebody who is interested.
Fights you might have missed
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Saturday at Panama City, Panama: Strawweight Wilfredo Mendez (16-1, 6 KOs) TKO9 Gabriel Mendoza (30-7-2, 23 KOs).
Mendez, 23, of Puerto Rico, retained his 105-pound belt for the second time in the main event of the 'WBO Champions Tournament.' Mendez was dominating until referee Hector Afu stopped it at 1 minute, 28 seconds as Mendez was battering Mendoza, who had a cut over his right eye and swelling on his forehead, with combinations. Mendoza, 40, of Colombia, lost his second strawweight world title shot, having been stopped in the eighth round by then-titlist Jose Argumedo in 2017. Mendez likely will next face Chinese mandatory challenger Jing Xiang (17-4-2, 3 KOs).
Saturday at Kyiv, Ukraine: Flyweight Artem Dalakian (20-0, 14 KOs) W12 Josber Perez (17-3, 15 KOs), retains world title, scores: 118-110, 117-111 (twice).
Dalakian, 32, of Ukraine, retained his 112-pound belt for the fourth time with all four defenses coming in Kyiv. Dalakian, who was quicker and far more skillful, boxed and moved and landed a few powerful right hands. Perez, 25, of Venezuela, was aggressive and forced Dalakian to hold here and there, but he was quite ineffective with his punches and had a hard time dealing with Dalakian's jab.
Saturday at Daytona Beach, Florida: Junior middleweight Evan Holyfield (3-0, 3 KOs) TKO1 Travis Nero (1-6, 1 KOs).
Holyfield, 22, of Houston, the son of heavyweight legend Evander Holyfield (who was ringside), turned pro in November and blew out his third opponent in a row in getting rid of overmatched Nero, 32, of Norman, Oklahoma, in 82 seconds. Holyfield scored three knockdowns, first a left hook to the body, then a right hand upstairs and finally from an onslaught of shots that caused referee Frank Gentile to wave off the fight as Nero was falling to the mat.
Saturday at Madrid: Light heavyweight Anthony Yarde (19-1, 18 KOs) TKO2 Diego Jair Ramirez (4-49-3, 3 KOs).
In August, Yarde, 28, of England, got a mandatory title shot against Sergey Kovalev and, though he had his moments, lost by 11th-round knockout in Kovalev's hometown of Chelyabinsk, Russia. Yarde made a very low-key comeback against Ramirez, 35, a Colombia native fighting out of Spain, in a scheduled six-rounder. Despite Ramirez's horrendous record, he had been stopped only four times in all those losses until Yarde made it No. 5. Yarde took the fight on short notice because he thinks he has a chance to be involved in a WBO-mandated title eliminator and needed to be coming off a win to qualify, hence the hastily arranged soft-touch bout.