"Mr." Gary Russell, Jr. has won an eight-round unanimous decision over Leonilo Miranda tonight at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, MS. The bout was the opening contest on HBO's Boxing After Dark.
Russell dominated the bout, scoring a shutout on two of the judge's scorecards, 80-72. The other judge saw the bout 79-73.
Russell remains undefeated with a record of 18-0, 10 KO's. Boxrec has Miranda's record at 32-4, 30 KO's.
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Miranda has now lost 4 out of his last 5 fights. Russell looked sharp the first 7 rounds, but lost the 8th. round. Russell will be there in the future, but is no where near ready for Gamboa.
Stop the madness!
Unbeaten featherweight Gary Russell Jr. (18-0, 10 KOs) scored a one-sided eight round unanimous decision over Leonilo Miranda (32-4, 30 KOs). Scores were 80-72, 80-72, 79-72. Russell did not have the punching power to stop Miranda, but Miranda had no answer for Russell’s speed.
Mr Russell didnt look.good at all Gomboa will knock him out Russell Vs Thomas Snow
Good work G. Keep working hard. Congrats Team Russell.
Good job Russell,i think thats the 1rst time i aw him.
Congrats to Lil G and Team Russell! Keep up the good work!
Impressive win. One thing that Russel has over Gamboa is a steel chin.
Russell vs Thomas Snow!!! You all know that Thomas Snow won't fight anyone with a winning record, let alone an 18-0 record, haha. That was the most ridiculous comment whoever said that. What does Russell have to gain by fighting someone like Snow...nothing. He's movin up, not going backwards.
Thomas Snow will beat Russell. Then he will fight for the title against Gamboa. SIKE, JUST MESSING WITH YOU ALL. SNOW AINT FIGHTING RUSSELL IF THEY DO FIGHT, THEN RUSSELL WILL DESTROY SNOW IN ONE. DONT NEED TWO.
An eight-round fight on HBO, huh? Can't say I much like that. If the idea from Russell's team was that Russell is prone to hurting his left hand and they want to save him from 10 or 12 round fights until they "have to," as HBO's team explained it, being on HBO would seem like a moment for "have to." Especially with Russell being in against an opponent who wasn't very HBO-worthy.
Good job Lil G, i thought Gary looked really sharp especially when he stepped up the pace, he totally outclassed his opponent. The guy new how to survive. The person that said he lost the last round is a idiot, he landed 20 more punches than his opponent. Max and Roy said he was the most fundamentally sounded boxer in the division. He will beat Gamboa, Lil G, is just like too sharp ( who dominated his division )
Lil G you are going to be like 2 sharp the smallest and the best fighter lets hope lil G can get the fights hey want Lil Get will knock Snow out I wish hey was in Sugar pooh weight so hey could knock him out
Below is from Dan Rafael of ESPN. Great Job Lil Gary!
Rafael's remark: Not surprisingly, Russell, who has perhaps the quickest hands in boxing and is one of the sport's top prospects, ran roughshod over Miranda in a monster mismatch that belonged nowhere near the HBO airwaves. But being in the stable of Al Haymon (Russell's adviser) has its privileges. HBO didn't even have an opponent for Russell until about a week before the fight, unheard of for the network. And to make matters worse, the bout was cut from a scheduled 10-rounder to an eight-rounder -- even more special treatment for Russell, in a move supposedly agreed to because Russell, a southpaw, was dealing with a fragile left hand.
That said, Russell, 23, of Capitol Heights, Md., looked very, very good against a very, very limited opponent in Miranda, 28, of Mexico, who has now lost four of his last six (yet another questionable decision by HBO to approve such a poor opponent). Russell, a 2008 U.S. Olympian, had the overwhelming speed and skill advantage, which he used to pepper Miranda nonstop throughout the bout. Two judges appropriately had it a shutout, but it was quite surprising to see that judge Larry Ingle gave Miranda even a single round, because Russell toyed with his opponent. He jabbed relentlessly, worked the body extremely well, showed strong defense and punched in blazingly fast combinations. At one point in the fifth round, Russell ripped off a six-punch combination. It's doubtful Miranda ever saw more than two or three of the punches. Russell wobbled Miranda a couple of times in what amounted to target practice. The only knock on Russell at all was that he could not drop Miranda.
Russell is an elite prospect with world champion/pound-for-pound potential. If HBO wants to keep televising his fights, it should require his handlers -- Haymon and Golden Boy -- to match him with a much higher grade of opposition based on his amateur background and obvious talent. It looks very much like the kid can handle it.
Gary Russell is good but he ain't no Tony Jeter! Greatest amateur of all times!
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