Monday, August 20, 2018

Antonio Russell Returns August 24th in Minneapolis; Aleem Is Off The Card!

On Friday, August 24th, Capitol Heights, MD super bantamweight Antonio "Another" Russell returns to action in an eight-round contest against veteran Nick "Kanyankole" Otieno of Nairobi, Kenya at the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis, MN.  The bout will be shown live on FS1 and Fox Deportes.  The telecast is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM ET.

Russell (11-0, nine KO's) is coming off a fifth-round TKO over Jonathan Lecona Ramos on May 19th at the MGM National Harbor Casino in Oxon Hill, MD.  Russell was originally scheduled to compete on August 4th in Uniondale, NY but his opponent failed his physical.

Otieno (31-14, 13 KO's) will be facing an undefeated boxer for the fourth consecutive time and will be trying to break a three-bout losing streak.  In his last outing, Otieno was stopped in the second round by William Foster III on March 17th in Boston, MA.

According to Boxrec, middleweight Immanuwel "The Chosen One" Aleem of Richmond, VA was slated to be in the main event on this card but he has been scratched.  No word on why the change was made.

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