Gary Russell Jr is an undefeated American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the featherweight

Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

 division and brother of 2010 National Golden Gloves champion Gary Allen Russell III

Gary Allen Russell

Gary Allen Russell III is an American amateur boxer and the brother of Featherweight prospect Gary Russell.-Amateur Career:...

. After a decorated amateur career that culminated in a spot at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Russell turned pro in 2009 and has since remained undefeated.

Amateur career

Russell, who has three boxing brothers, started boxing in 1995 and is trained by his father. In 2004 he became Junior Olympic Champion

Junior olympics

Junior Olympics and Jr. Olympics can refer to any one of many different sporting events and organizations around the world dedicated to youth sporting activities.*Junior Olympic Gold, American national youth singles bowling tournament...

.

At age 16 he won both the U.S. Championships and the Golden Gloves

Golden Gloves

The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States. The Golden Gloves is often the term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but it also can represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves...

 in 2005. He became one of only two boxers to win both the U.S. Championships and National Golden Gloves before his 17th birthday.
In October 2005 the small southpaw boxer-puncher had a record of 163-10.

In November 2005 at the world championships

2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Mianyang, People's Republic of China from November 13 to November 20. The competition was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.- Medal winners :- Medal table :...

 in Mianyang

Mianyang

Mianyang is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Its administrative area includes the city proper of Mianyang, with 985,586 inhabitants in the built up area , the county-level city of Jiangyou, and six counties, covering an area of over and a population...

 the bantamweight(119 lbs) beat Bulgarian Detelin Stefanov Dalakliev

Detelin Dalakliev

Detelin Dalakliev is a boxer from Bulgaria. He is competing in the Bantamweight division, and won the gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milano 2009....

, 25-21, in the first round; dec. Canadian Tyson Cave, 22-9, in the second round; dec. Jordanian Al Gharaghir Ibrahim, 34-13 before losing to German Rustamhodza Rahimov

Rustamhodza Rahimov

Rustamhodza Rahimov is a boxer from Germany, but of Tajik origins, as his name suggests.- Medals :* In the 2004 Summer Olympics Rahimov won a bronze medal in the flyweight boxing event. He was 29....

, 28-17 thus winning the bronze medal at age 17 (joining Rau'shee Warren)and was named 2005 USA BOXING Athlete of the year.

He repeated his national title win in 2006, at the US championships 2007 he was injured.
He has broken his hands in the past.

At the Olympic Trials 2007 he sensationally lost to Roberto Marroquin

Roberto Marroquin

Roberto Marroquin is a Mexican American boxer in the super bantamweight division and he is signed to Bob Arum's Top Rank.-Amateur career:...

 in his first fight (17:18), his first defeat to a countryman in eight years, but beat him twice later and bested national champion Rios to qualify.
Russell became only the fourth boxer in U.S. team history to lose in the opening round and rebound to win his weight class, the others were Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield is a professional boxer from the United States. He is a former undisputed world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"...

, Roy Jones Jr. and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships

2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The 2007 AIBA World Boxing Championships were held in Chicago, United States from October 23, 2007 to November 3, 2007. It was held at the UIC Pavilion. It was the biggest World Championships in AIBA history. The championships were originally awarded to Moscow...

 in Chicago he beat Ali Hallab

Ali Hallab

Ali Hallab is a boxer from France. He is best known for having won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...

 to qualify for the Olympics but was beaten soundly by Russia's eventual winner Sergey Vodopyanov

Sergey Vodopyanov

Sergey Vodopyanov is a Russian amateur boxer best known to win gold in bantamweight Class at the2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships‎.- 2004 - 2006 :...

 16-6 and didn't medal.

He is guided by his father, his "mitt man" Robert "Herb" Martin.

2008 Olympics

Russell's quest for a medal ended prematurely as he missed the Olympic weigh-in hours after losing consciousness in his Olympic Village dorm room.

Pro career

In his pro debut, Russell stopped Antonio Reyes at 0:21 of the third round.
Russell Jr. began his move to the top of the division with a stellar 2011 that has already seen him defeat Feider Viloria, Adolfo Landeros, Antonio Meza, and Leonilo Miranda. On July 23 Russell faced Eric Estrada on the undercard for the Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah

Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah

WBA titlist Amir Khan and IBF titlist Zab Judah reached an agreement to meet for a unification bout for the IBF and WBA Light Welterweight Titles, on July 23, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada.- Build-up :...

 fight at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Russell put on a brilliant performance winning an easy unanimous decision.

Russell defeated Mexico

Mexico

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's Heriberto Ruiz on November 26, 2011 at the US Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...

 with a stunning knockout at 2:12 in the first round. He was originally scheduled to face Dat Ngyuen who was forced to withdraw after suffering a knee injury last week during training camp. Russell gained his sixth win of 2011.

Professional boxing record

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|Win ||19–0|| align=left|  Heriberto Ruiz
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|Win ||18–0|| align=left|  Leonilo Miranda
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|Win ||17–0|| align=left|  Eric Estrada
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|Win ||16–0|| align=left|  Antonio Meza
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|Win ||15–0|| align=left|  Adolfo Landeros
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|Win ||14–0|| align=left|  Feider Viloria
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|Win ||13–0|| align=left|  Guadalupe De Leon
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|Win ||12–0|| align=left|  Willie Villanueva
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|Win ||11–0|| align=left|  Mauricio Pastrana
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|Win ||10–0|| align=left|  Rodrigo Aranda
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|Win ||9–0|| align=left|  Carlos Diaz
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|Win ||8–0|| align=left|  Jairo Delgado
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|Win ||7–0|| align=left|  David Orosco Cano
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|Win ||6–0|| align=left|  Rodrigo Romero
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|Win ||5–0|| align=left|  Noe Lopez Jr
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|Win ||4–0|| align=left|  Jason Jones
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|Win ||3–0|| align=left|  Alvaro Muro
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|Win ||2–0|| align=left|  John Wampash
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|Win ||1–0|| align=left|  Antonio Reyes
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External links

• Gary Russell Jr. Amateur Boxing Record