“I am proud of them, but it is not just about the boxing,” said Gary Russell Sr., who turns 58 on fight night. Saturday’s fight card will mark an exciting moment for the Russells, another milestone in the patriarch’s long quest to raise boxing champions and to use a brutal sport to help mold boys into men. “I believe in a dynasty, and I’m excited for my dad to see all of his hard work come together on fight night.” “It’s going to be history in the making,” said Gary Russell Jr. All three brothers will have their father and another brother, Gary Allan, working their corners.
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And younger brother Gary Antuanne Russell, 20, who lost a controversial decision just before the medal round in the 2016 Olympics, will be making his professional debut as a light welterweight. Meanwhile, Gary Antonio Russell, 24, a bantamweight, will be putting his 7-0 record on the line. (27-1), a member of the 2008 Olympic team, is heavily favored to retain his 126-pound WBC belt against Colombian challenger Oscar Escandon (25-2). In the main event, 28-year-old Gary Russell Jr. and Gary Allan Russell work out in the ring. On Saturday night, three of them will be on the same professional fight card at the MGM National Harbor in Maryland, just a short drive from where the fighting Russells honed their skills.įrom left: Gary Antonio Russell, Gary Russell, Jr. One son is the WBC featherweight champion. But what would you expect from a father who named seven of his sons Gary? Also, who could argue with the results? No doubt, it was an unorthodox way to raise a family. Russell just hung a heavy bag from the beams, supplied gloves and headgear, and invited the neighborhood kids to battle with his boys and learn the secrets of boxing. Later, when the family moved to suburban Maryland, their father converted the basement club room into a gym. All the sessions were sanctioned, overseen and refereed by their dad. Other times, there were bouts in the mailroom off the lobby of their apartment building. They have sparred on street corners, in parking lots, in backyards and in alleys against strangers in the roughest neighborhoods in pre-gentrification Washington, D.C. Early on, when Gary Russell Sr.’s sons prepared to fight, they were almost anywhere but in a boxing ring.
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