Filipino Mark Magsayo vs. Gary Russell: WBC 2022 Featherweight Title In Line

The featherweight division contest between Gary and Mark will happen on Saturday, January 22, on the Borgata Resort On line casino and Spa in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey, United States.

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As Russel defends his WBC featherweight world title, the American will do all in his energy to defeat the Filipino.

At 11 p.m. ET (4 a.m. GMT), the principle occasion ring stroll shall be adopted by the principle card at 9 p.m. ET (2 a.m. GMT). As a result of length of the undercard fights, these timings are topic to vary, as they’re with all struggle playing cards.

Mark Magsayo started boxing on the age of eight. He had already competed in over 200 newbie bouts by the point he turned skilled, incomes 4 newbie boxing titles on the annual Beginner Boxing Affiliation of the Philippines (ABAP) nationwide competitions.

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He received the title of “Greatest Boxer” twice in these 4 competitions. On Might 25, 2013, Magsayo made his skilled debut towards Melton Sandal. Within the first spherical, Mark knocked out his opponent.

The WBC ordered Gary Russell Jr. to defend his featherweight title towards Magsayo on September 21, 2021. The title struggle was the principle occasion of a Showtime broadcast card that befell on January 22, 2022, on the Borgata in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey.

Mark Magsayo’s opponent, Gary Allen Russell Jr., is an expert boxer from the US who has been the WBC featherweight champion since 2015.

The Ring journal, BoxRec, and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board presently rank Mark as the highest energetic featherweight globally. 

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Russell was an newbie who earned a bronze medal within the bantamweight division on the 2005 World Championships. His possibilities of successful a medal have been dashed when he handed out in his Olympic Village dorm room and missed the Olympic weigh-in.

Mark Magsayo has registered his Instagram account beneath the username @markmagnificomagsayo.

Magsayo has a verified account with greater than 32.6k followers and has posted 727 posts as of January 21, 2022. Most of his publish contains photos of himself on the Ring and with completely different individuals.