DAVAO CITY---Promising Boholano boxer Mark Magsayo is the newest Filipino world boxing champion by beating former American champion Gary Russell, Jr. on Sunday to win the World Boxing Council featherweight crown at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Magsayo beat the long-time champion, Russell, via a majority decision.
Earlier, Magsayo was declared as the 2021 Prospect of the Year by the WBC for his string of impressive victories last year.
Magsayo has two successful wins last year, a technical knockout victory against American fighter Pablo Cruz last April and a knockout win against Mexican rival Julio Ceja last August.
As of September 2021, Magsayo ranked as the fifth-best featherweight in the world by The Ring Magazine. (Romeo Braceros Jr.)
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