According to preliminary information, the WBC is going to oblige the newly crowned WBC featherweight champion Mark Magsio (24-0, 16 KOs) meet Ray Vargas. Magsio won the belt last Saturday, defeating the long-reigning but heavily inactive Gary Russell Jr. (31-2, 18 KOs) in Atlantic City, USA.
“My dream came true,” said the new WBC featherweight champion Mark Magsio. “This has been my dream since childhood. I am very proud that I am now a champion. A big thank you to the Filipino fans for their support."
“I think I have a torn tendon in my right shoulder,” said the former WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr. in the ring after losing a title Marcu Magsio. - I haven't entered the ring for almost two years. That's what real champions do. I wanted to get into the ring and show my superiority despite the injury and all that. I did so, and I gave him a boxing lesson. The whole fight I taught him a boxing lesson. I hit with clean punches of choice. I couldn't use my right hand, but I was still able to throw effective punches and hit him at will."
WBC Featherweight Mandatory Challenger Mark Magsio (24-0, 16 KOs) defeated Gary Russell Jr. (31-2, 18 KOs) and took the championship title from him in the main event of the evening at the Borgata Hotel arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Live broadcast of the boxing evening, which will take place on January 22, and in the main event of which the fight will take place Gary Russell Jr. (31-1, 18 KOs) – Mark Magsio (23-0, 16 KOs).