Gary Russell Jr. gets by Joseph Diaz Jr. to retain featherweight title

OXON HILL, Md. — It was certainly a lot closer than what some of the judges saw. The wet, hard slaps to Gary Russell Jr.’s sides were proof of that. Joseph Diaz Jr. kept coming forward, stalking, dipping, then ripping another body shot. Russell, the WBC featherweight champ, kept splitting Diaz’s high guard, kept pecking […]

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