Gary Antuanne Russell (born June 14, 1996) is an American

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

. As an

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, he represented the United States in the

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division at the

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, but was controversially eliminated in the third bout.Gary Russell
. rio2016.com He is the younger brother of former WBC

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champion

Gary Russell Jr. Gary Allen Russell Jr. (born June 5, 1988) is an American professional boxer who held the World Boxing Council, WBC featherweight title from 2015 to 2022. As of October 2022, he is ranked as the world's seventh best active featherweight by ''The ...

All five brothers in his family are named Gary after their father Gary Russell, Sr. Four of them are competitive boxers, trained by their father. On May 20, 2017, he won his professional debut by first-round

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(TKO).

Professional boxing record

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1996 births Living people Light-welterweight boxers Boxers from Maryland American male boxers Olympic boxers of the United States Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Capitol Heights, Maryland {{US-boxing-bio-stub