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NATIONAL HARBOR (五月 7, 2018) – The Russells of Capitol Heights, Maryland will team up again for an exciting night of boxing for their hometown fans. Three of the five boxing brothers, all trained by their father, 加里, 老, will compete on the same card for the second time in their careers at MGM National Harbor in Maryland on Saturday, 五月 19.
The event is headlined by Gary Russell, JR. defending his featherweight world title against mandatory challenger Joseph Diaz Jr. 住在Showtime (10 P.M. ET / PT). His brothers, 超輕量級 加里·拉塞爾Antuanne 和輕量級 加里·安東尼奧·拉塞爾 will compete in separate non-televised bouts on the undercard.
門票活動, which is promoted by TGB Promotions in association with Golden Boy Promotions, are on sale now and are available by visiting http://mgmnationalharbor.com/.
The 21-year-old Gary Antuanne (5-0, 5 科斯) will take on Wilmer Rodriguez (9-2, 7 科斯) in an eight round 140-pound match. Russell was a member of the U.S. boxing team at the 2016 奧林匹克運動會. He made his professional debut fighting on the same card as his other two brothers at MGM National Harbor last May 20 when he scored a TKO victory over Josh Ross. With his brothers and father working his corner at his last fight, he scored a stoppage victory over Andrew Rodgers in Brooklyn on April 21.
Gary Antonio (10-0, 8 科斯) will battle Esteban Aquino (12-4, 7 科斯) in an eight-round bantamweight match. Russell scored a knockout victory over Marco Antonio Mendoza Chico in his last fight on Nov. 21 and the card with his brothers last May 20, the 25-year-old Russell stopped Jovany Fuentes for a TKO victory.
In additional undercard action, 軍曹魚Breedy (10-0, 4 科斯) will fight in an eight-round featherweight match and 伊曼紐爾·阿利姆 (17-1-1, 10 科斯) steps into the ring for a 10-round middleweight match. 更多, Moshea Aleem (4-1-2, 2 科斯) 戰鬥 Rayton Okwiri (2-0, 1 KO) in a six-round super welterweight match and Brandon Quarles(18-4-1, 9 科斯) clashes with Fred Jenkins, JR. (10-5, 3 科斯) 在八輪超中量級回合.
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