Gary Russell Jr calls for rematch vs. Magsayo, says he could've won by stoppage if not for the injury

Former WBC world featherweight world champion Gary Russell Jr. is raring to get a rematch with Mark Magsayo.

The pair fought last month where Magsayo triumphed by way of majority decision to snatch the WBC featherweight world title. The fight, however, was marred by controversy as Russell fought with an injured right shoulder and was unable to throw a jab from round six onward.

“I think I proved how much better I am fighting with one arm. I hurt my arm hitting him in the head in the fourth round. He didn’t do anything to hurt me. People, I felt, saw brilliance on January 22,” Russell told The RING.

“I still say I won that fight—with one arm. I hurt my arm two weeks before the fight. It was an old injury that I had before the 2008 Olympics. I had a torn tendon in my right shoulder. I was told to get surgery, but I built my muscles around it and was still able to fight effectively.”

Itching to prove that he is the better fighter, Russell went as far as saying that he would have stopped Magsayo if he did not fight with an injury.

“This is supposed to be about being hit, and not getting hit. I want another shot against him, depending on how injured my shoulder is. I know I was hitting Magsayo, and he wasn’t hitting me,” said Russell.

“I would have stopped him. I would have got him out if I had two hands. I had him down from timing him, and I touched him at will.”

—JMB, GMA News