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}} Gary Russell, Jr., (born June 5, 1988) is an American professional boxer and the current WBC featherweight champion. He was voted the 2011 Prospect of the Year by ''The Ring'' magazine, ''Sports Illustrated'', and ESPN. As as an amateur, Russell Jr. was compared by Sugar Ray Leonard to himself.〔http://www.badlefthook.com/2011/8/30/2393347/berto-vs-zaveck-undercard-gary-russell-jr-boxing-prospect-spotlight-hbo-boxing〕 ==Amateur career and Olympics== Russell was born in Washington D.C.. At age 16, he won both the U.S. Championships and the 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 in Mianyang, Russell beat Bulgarian Detelin Stefanov Dalakliev, 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, 28-17 thus winning the bronze medal at age 17 (joining Rau'shee Warren) and was named ''2005 USA BOXING Athlete of the year''. Russell repeated his national title win in 2006, at the US championships 2007 injuring his hands in the process. At the Olympic Trials 2007, Russell sensationally lost to Roberto Marroquin 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, Roy Jones, Jr. and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago, Russell beat Ali Hallab to qualify for the Olympics but was beaten soundly by Russia's eventual winner Sergey Vodopyanov 16-6 and didn't medal. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Russell, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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