Gary Russell Jr., the former WBC featherweight champion, has become younger brother Antuanne's full-time trainer for a bout Saturday at Barclays Center.
Type 2 diabetes was ravaging Gary Russell Sr.’s body to the point where his left foot was amputated in December. Strokes also had severely diminished Russell Sr., but his eldest son continued to press him to take a spin around the old neighborhood.“We’ve got to go for a ride in this damn car,” Russell Jr. told his father, who guided the featherweight to the WBC title he held for almost seven years. “I need you to see what I did to it. I need you to bless it for me.
A month later Russell Sr. attended Antuanne’s most recent fight in late February, when he scored a technical knockout over Viktor Postol in the 10th and final round at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. It marked the most impressive victory of Antuanne’s career. In all, four of Russell Sr.’s sons pursued boxing thanks to his direction, with each winning national Golden Gloves titles. Russell Jr. and Antuanne also made the U.S. Olympic team, and Gary Antonio Russell, 29, is an undefeated bantamweight with championship aspirations.
, one of Russell Sr.’s 11 children and a promising amateur fighter. Drayton, 17, was fatally shot in March 2004 in Northeast.Advertisement
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