Don’t call it a comeback
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ON SATURDAY night, in a bout that would be labelled a comeback for anyone else, Gary Russell Jnr ends his latest hiatus when he takes on unbeaten Filipino Mark Magsayo at the Borgata Hotel Casino in Atlantic City.
Russell Jnr has been inactive for two years. Prior to 2020 he fought only once a year. He’s insists the lack of action is because he only wants to fight the best and the best do not want to due to his layoff, only has himself to blame. Others might point to the splintered championships and explain that such scenarios are inevitable. Indeed, when the fighter who owns the WBC strap – supposedly the grandest belt of them all – is struggling to find an opponent, something can’t be right.
