On January 22, 2022, the 33-year-old WBC featherweight world champion, Gary Russell Jr. (31-1, 18 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Filipino boxer Mark Magsayo (23-0, 16 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Russell Jr. came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 11 months, and 14 days. Magsayo was on a 23-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 1 day.
Mark Magsayo defeated Gary Russell Jr. via majority decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Magsayo improves his record to 24-0, while Russell Jr. adds a loss to his record at 31-2.
On June 21, 2014, 26-year-old Gary Russell Jr. (24-0, 14 KOs) and 26-year-old Vasyl Lomachenko (1-1, 1 KO) fought for the vacant WBO featherweight title.
Russell Jr. came in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 22 days. Lomachenko was on a -1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 20 days.
Vasyl Lomachenko defeated Gary Russell Jr. via majority decision . Lomachenko improves his record to 2-1, while Russell Jr. adds a loss to his record at 24-1.