{"id":71618,"date":"2018-05-16T17:51:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T22:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=71618"},"modified":"2018-05-16T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T22:52:03","slug":"a-closer-look-at-gary-russell-jr-vs-joseph-diaz-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=71618","title":{"rendered":"A Closer Look at Gary Russell, JR Vs Joseph Diaz \u2013 Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Joshua \u201cCity\u201d Brewer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Premier Boxing Champions is back in action his weekend, live via telecast on Showtime. It\u2019s going down at the harbor on the night of May 19, 2018. The MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, will play host to a boxing bloodline as the featured bout will be the WBC world title clash featuring hometown champion \u201cMr\u201d Gary Russell, JR., 28-1, 17 KO\u2019s, taking on Joseph \u201cJoJo\u201d Diaz, JR., 26-0, 14 KO\u2019s, in a much anticipated technical showdown. Diaz, JR., has been asking for the fight for several months now and will finally get the opportunity to put his skills to the test against boxing\u2019s 2011 prospect of the year and a guy regarded as having the fastest hands in boxing in Russell, JR. <\/p>\n

Russell, JR., has made no bones about the fact that he feels Diaz, JR., is essentially in over his head. Russell, JR., hasn\u2019t fought since what will be exactly a year ago this Saturday, in a seventh round stoppage of Oscar Escandon in the same venue. As far as the inactivity, Russell, JR., chalks it up to \u201cbusiness.\u201d Diaz was victorious in his last outing as he blasted through Victor Terrazas in February and is on an all time high.<\/p>\n

We will find out a lot about the winner of this fight. For Russell, JR., he indicated during the first presser for the match that he has about six fights left in him. From all indications while Russell, JR., is fundamentally a student the game, he\u2019s no fan of boxing. He may show up to an occasional event, but it\u2019s strictly business as is his preparation. He\u2019s been able to compete and succeed at the highest levels due to such an acumen for achieving greatness outside of the ring. He has actually embraced, and feeds off of the hometown vibes, and will be eager to once again show his prowess in front of his family and friends.<\/p>\n

Diaz, JR., is on a quest for greatness of his own and has embraced the opportunity to become world champion. The fact that he\u2019s here now was essentially conceived early on as he\u2019s been one of boxing top prospects and fighters of the future early on in his career. It all is seemingly lining up perfectly, and if he\u2019s to lift the championship from Russell, JR., he\u2019s certainly going to be considered the top guy at featherweight and will open even more eyes in and around he weight class. He\u2019s not void of confidence and has been seeking this fight for one reason, he dares to be great. And to that, may the best man win.<\/p>\n

The fight card will also feature a couple of the other brothers from the \u2018Russell\u2019 bloodline as Gary \u201cAnother\u201d Antonio Russell, 10-0, 8 KO\u2019s, and Gary \u201cThe Last\u201d Antuanne Russell, 5-0, 5 KO\u2019s, will look to continue their winning streaks. The MGM National Harbor is slowly and assuredly becoming one of he top venues in the sport of boxing. From a viewing perspective it\u2019s one of the best as far as all around environment. With a crop of talent around the Washington, D.C., area, the future seems to be now.<\/p>\n

Upon conclusion of the featured bout, Showtime will be broadcasting the WBC world light heavyweight champion Adonis \u201cSuperman\u201d Stevenson, 29-1, 24 KO\u2019s, defending title against Badou Jack, 22-1-2, 13 KO\u2019s, live from Toronto, Canada. Potential opponents for the winner is limitless as light heavyweight is arguable the hottest division in boxing.<\/p>\n

Be easy fight fans.<\/p>\n

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By Joshua \u201cCity\u201d Brewer Premier Boxing Champions is back in action his weekend, live via telecast on Showtime. It\u2019s going down at the harbor on the night of May 19, 2018. The MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, will play host to a boxing bloodline as the featured bout will be the WBC world […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18027,18028],"class_list":["post-71618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-a-closer-look-at-gary-russell","tag-jr-vs-joseph-diaz-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71618"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}