Hugo
Castañeda

VS

Gary
Russell Jr.

He designs and sells hats on the side as a secondary business. This is the first 10 round bout of Castanada's career. This is the first time Castanada is fighting a former world champion.

Russell weighed in at 131.6 lb. Russell had left shoulder surgery that kept him out. Russell stated his shoulder is not going to be at 100 percent. Russell has been out of the ring for three years. Russell has had a layoff of 1,274 days before this bout. Russell's total layoff over his last seven fights is 3,500 days, approximately 9 years and 150 days. After his father died, he was doing everything for everyone else instead of taking care of himself. He took three years off from boxing. Russell's brothers are in his corner. Russell trained his brother Gary Antoine Jr. when he won the WBA world title on March 1st of this year. He was training his brothers. Gary Russell's brother Gary Allen Russell the third is his trainer for this fight.

The judges are Mike Fitzgerald, Jack Reese, and Steve Weissfeld. The referee is Harvey Doc. The unofficial scorer Larry Hazard gave round four to Castañeda. The bout is 10 rounds in the lightweight division. There were two knockdowns in round two. There were three knockdowns in the fight. The fight has been one-sided in terms of total punches landed. Russell dropped Castanada twice in the second round.