Comparing Gary Antuanne Russell’s Strengths With Jaron Ennis
Comparing Gary Antuanne Russell’s Strengths With Jaron Ennis – In December 2015, they met for the fourth time in the Olympic trials. Gary Antuanne Russell won for the third time in four meetings with Jaro Ennis (Boots). Russell would go on to fight another twelve amateur fights. Won nine of them, including three at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Riocentro, Brazil, lost in the third round to Fazliddin “Fayzi” Gaibnazarov of Uzbekistan. That took three split decisions starting with Russell in the quarter-finals. Prior to this, Russell competed at the Sarhadci Olympic Center in Baku.
He won four games, then lost to Richardson Hitchins of New York. By walk/over, which he had beaten in the previous two games. Ennis beat Hitchins twice in 2015, including in the quarter-finals of the National Golden Gloves. Then win the championship. Russell won the 2014 National Golden Gloves. In the Olympic trials, Ennis won their first game but lost the next two. While Russell continued his amateur career, Ennis would turn professional in April 2016. He would go 8-0 with five in Philly before that year out for the young Philadelphian.
He will move up to welterweight while Russell remains at super lightweight. In his tenth bout for Ennis, he was thrown to the canvas by a frustrated James Winchester. Once resurrected, Ennis will continue to give Winchester punches. Winchester will never fight again. It would be nine months after the Olympics before Russell turned professional in May 2017. In Russell’s final bout last weekend for the second time. He reversed the scale at his highest weight of 139, for the fifteenth straight stop over his most experienced opponent.
Ennis is scheduled to fight Custio Clayton
Former WBC light welterweight champion Viktor Postol with a last-round stoppage after winning each round. Like Russell, the most experienced Ennis defeated the former champion in his twenty-eighth bout. He stopped IBF light welterweight champion Sergey “Samurai” Lipinets, knocking him out in six rounds in April 2021. Both boxers are 5:10, with Russell, 25, and Ennis, 24, both born in June. Russell is also left-handed, while the orthodox Ennis has fought all the right-handed fights. Both were coached by their father, Gary Russell, Sr., and Derek Ennis, Sr.
Ennis is scheduled to fight Canadian Custio Clayton War Machine, WBO No. 7, and IBF No. 13, possibly in April. Russell was trained by Al Haymon. Meanwhile, Ennis trained with his father and Cameron Dunkin. Nothing is signed by the promoter. While Ennis has fought on Showtime for at least his last four fights.
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