Gary Antuanne Russell (18-1, 17) was born in Capitol Heights, Maryland, U.S. on June 14, 1996. At the age of 20 years on May 20, 2017, he made his professional boxing debut against Josh Ross, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On his 19th career fight at 28 years old, Russell became a super-lightweight world champion on March 1, 2025 after defeating José Valenzuela via 12-round unanimous decision to win the WBA title.
Russell's last fight was a super-lightweight world-title fight against José Valenzuela for Valenzuela's WBA title on March 1, 2025. He won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and was crowned the new super-lightweight world champion. He is on a 1-fight winning streak.
Some of Gary Antuanne Russell's best fights have been against José Valenzuela, Viktor Postol, Rances Barthelemy, Jovanie Santiago, Kent Cruz and Alberto Puello.
Russell has 1 loss on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
19  | Mar 1, 2025 28 years, 8 months 18-1 (17) | 25 years, 9 months 14-2 (9) | SLT | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBA |
18  | Jun 15, 2024 28 years 17-1 (17) | 29 years, 10 months 22-0 (10) | SLT | 12 | SD | LOSS For WBC Interim |
17  | Aug 12, 2023 27 years, 1 months 17-0 (17) | 30 years, 7 months 16-0-3 (10) | SLT | 1 | KO | WIN |
16  | Jul 30, 2022 26 years, 1 months 16-0 (16) | 36 years, 1 months 29-1-1 (15) | SLT | 6 | TKO | WIN |
15  | Feb 26, 2022 25 years, 8 months 15-0 (15) | 38 years, 1 months 31-3 (12) | SLT | 10 | TKO | WIN |
14  | May 29, 2021 24 years, 11 months 14-0 (14) | 31 years, 4 months 14-1-1 (10) | 6 | RTD | WIN | |
13 | Feb 8, 2020 23 years, 7 months 13-0 (13) | Jose Marrufo | 1 | KO | WIN | |
12 | Nov 2, 2019 23 years, 4 months 12-0 (12) | Juan Huertas | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | Sep 21, 2019 23 years, 3 months 11-0 (11) | Luis Castillo | 1 | KO | WIN | |
10 | Jul 13, 2019 23 years 10-0 (10) | Larry Ventus | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | May 18, 2019 22 years, 11 months 9-0 (9) | Marcos Mojica | 4 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Jan 26, 2019 22 years, 7 months 8-0 (8) | Roberto Almazan | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
7 | Aug 4, 2018 22 years, 1 months 7-0 (7) | Jose Arturo Esquivel | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
6 | May 19, 2018 21 years, 11 months 6-0 (6) | Wilmer Rodriguez | 1 | KO | WIN | |
5 | Apr 21, 2018 21 years, 10 months 5-0 (5) | Andrew Rodgers | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
4 | Mar 3, 2018 21 years, 8 months 4-0 (4) | Keasen Freeman | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Nov 21, 2017 21 years, 5 months 3-0 (3) | Larry Yanez | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Sep 10, 2017 21 years, 2 months 2-0 (2) | Jesus Lule | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | May 20, 2017 20 years, 11 months 1-0 (1) | Josh Ross | 1 | TKO | WIN |
