Gary Antuanne Russell matched his brother’s feat of becoming world champion at the weekend.
Impressively beating José “Rayo” Valenzuela over twelve rounds via unanimous decision to become WBA super-lightweight champion.
As Ring Magazine on X pointed out on siblings he joins a rare list in boxing history now with his brother Gary Russell Jr:
“Jermell and Jermall Charlo
Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko
Juan Manuel and Rafael Marquez
Leon and Michael Spinks
Naoya and Takuma Inoue
Sebastian and Gabriela Fundora
Liam and Callum Smith
Daniel and Caroline Dubois
Charlie and Sunny Edwards”
A prestigious group of people he has joined with the above.
Big things ahead with a very bright immediate future.
