On May 20, 2023, a 27-year-old Gary Cully (16-0, 10 KOs) and a 31-year-old Mexican boxer José Félix Jr. (39-6-1, 30 KOs) met in the ring in a lightweight bout.
Cully came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 2 days. Félix Jr. was on a -2-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 1 month, and 19 days.
José Félix Jr. stopped Gary Cully via TKO in the 3rd round. Félix Jr. improves his record to 40-6-1 (31 KOs), while Cully adds a loss to his record at 16-1.