Russell vs Escandon FULL FIGHT: May 20, 2017 - PBC on Showtime

From the MGM National Harbor "Mr." Gary Russell Jr. (28-1, 17 KOs) had a successful homecoming in front of a nearly sold out crowd as he defended his WBC Featherweight World title with a seventh-round stoppage against the very tough, strong-willed Columbian Oscar Escandon (25-3, 17 KOs) in the main event of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
Russell Jr. took control of the action from the outset, peppering the shorter Escandon at will and dropping him in the third.
However, the brave Escandon fought his way back into the fight in the fourth and fifth stanzas, but Russell stormed into the seventh, battering the hurt Escandon and dropping him early, causing referee Harvey Dock to stop the fight at the 0:59 mark of the round.
About the victory, Russell Jr. said, "First and foremost, I want to say happy birthday to my father. Secondly, I'd like to tell all the fans that came to support me: I love you all. Thank you.
"I fought a tough competitor. I knew Escandon wanted to come and bring his best. I knew he was going to come forward. I was ready for him. We are warriors.
"I want Lomachenko [next], that's a no-brainer. I don't want to do it for the fans or for the media, I want to do it for myself. And I want to do it twice. I'll knock him out the first time and then, he'll want me to fight him again.
"I'd love to unify against all the other guys in the featherweight division. I'd like Leo Santa Cruz, Lee Selby, Oscar Valdez."
About the knockout loss, "I was getting my rhythm going and I felt like Gary was getting tired. I didn't see him coming with the big punch he threw at the end and that was it. I went down and was hoping to get a 10 count, but the referee didn't give it to me and he stopped the fight.
"I knew that Gary was going to go fast from the first to the fifth round and it was part of my strategy to let him do that and get tired. It didn't work unfortunately.
"Now we need to go back to the drawing board to rest and see what my manager has planned for me."
Said trainer and father Gary Russell Sr., "I'm ecstatic. I'm really happy. I got three wins. Three stoppages. It's my birthday. I'm 15 minutes from home and I can go home and relax.
"We prepared fully for Mr. Escandon. We knew he was going to do what he did - come forward. I don't want to diminish or take anything away from Mr. Escandon. He really is a hard, rough fighter. Throughout the course of the fight, I instructed Gary to hit him with some good shots. Some hard shots. It is a brutal sport."
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[@frankiewhitmore4528]

Garry Russell is a Damn Beast Period Him And tank will be a good damn Fight

[@dashaymitchell2022]

Thats crazy u have the WBC CHAMP on one side then u have the interm WBC CHAMP in the other corner?!?!...2 many champions..

[@dalejohnson4871]

Is it? Now you know who's undisputed! Welcome to the nightmare.

[@dashaymitchell2022]

@@dalejohnson4871 uh huh...SO SCARED!...LOL!!...YFR!!...

[@dalejohnson4871]

Man Russell the truth!

[@brasstacksboxing409]

Lol, yeah.. they both bums..

[@SunsTo7]

Russel's great hand speed and style will win every time .

[@VictorLopez-op8gh]

@Anthony Avenue BUT IT DOESN'T 0 rrc f.

[@VictorLopez-op8gh]

It re

[@thefirstsupper7007]

@Anthony Avenue Loma was supposed to lose he was knocked down and it was ruled as a slip. Russel had a higher work rate and ring control. Loma landed some clean shots but was tired and undisciplined. It was supposed to be a Russel win. The bias was strong in that fight

[@941eldiablo]

What fight did you see? Russel has no answer to Loma. None.

[@941eldiablo]

The First Supper I was excited to see that fight and thought Gary was going to give him a problem in that fight but instead Gary was embarrassed. He has one speed. Loma took his heart and almost stopped him in the 12th.

[@773Rick]

Harvey "keep em up" dock damn you dont see how high his trucks is Harvey lol those were all good body shots

[@thedhive6512]

This dude is trash. He saved GGG's life from a Derevyanchenko knockdown. Know damn well he don't need to stop the action for that ish

[@bmarsh333]

I WAS THERE!

[@bmarsh333]

@AtxVn20 No name thank you so much 🙏

[@akinetic177]

I rock wit Yo. Russell got that dog in him but Tank be pressing that snooze button. Dudes be going night night

[@dalejohnson4871]

Not around here! Nothing but a beat down coming his way.

[@brasstacksboxing409]

@@dalejohnson4871 lol, gary is a hype job.

[@dalejohnson4871]

@@brasstacksboxing409 no! He is the reigning, longest wbc Champion in the world! Hello?

[@dalejohnson4871]

@NAS and much more explosive!

[@dalejohnson4871]

@NAS wrong! He dominated the 126 div! Still the longest wbc champion of all time! Hello!

[@AlexanderLayko]

Oscar Escandon got his ass kicked by Gary Russell Jr, Tugststogt Nyambayar, and Brandon Figueroa consecutively in his last three fights. I feel bad for the guy.

[@juliodyarzagaray]

Sometimes that's what happens when a pressure fighter moves up in weight.

[@Desoul11]

i like you how you spelled king tug's name correct thanks

[@earlmaye1792]

That long break allowed him to recover or it would have been stopped. Those weren’t knock out punches but life health damaging punches. Russell jr hit him so hard he sat down on the ropes. GRJ is heavy handed.

[@quentincaraballo6459]

Earl Maye he’s not heavy handed he just broke him down with speed the whole time.

[@hotdog7183]

Russell was out of gas from them body shots for a few rounds!

[@dashaymitchell2022]

Somebody noticed...

[@platinum5gaming]

That's why tank would kill him

[@dalejohnson4871]

Yeah well he damn sure stepped it up!

[@SL4US]

He was pacing. Loma does this Everytime in early rounds

[@941eldiablo]

He has that Davis Tank.

[@afroking9716]

G,T,Davis would have this guy period, ,and would of had Escandon out in the 2nd 3rd easy.

[@zeekotheone4060]

Facts 💯

[@jamesdiggins6539]

Totally AGREE 1000 PERCENT.

[@chall443]

Russell has no chance with TANK period. He’s not ready Gary needs to revisit Lomachenko before attempting to ask for TANK. Gary needs to improve his craft I would like to see more foot work and him not take so many punches rather he can handle them or not. I wanna see his defense increase.

[@analyticalinsight]

Who the fuck is Tank? GTFOH

[@dalejohnson4871]

That's really funny!!

[@chall443]

Adam Neil replying indicates you want a discussion so in order to have one you must have knowledge on the topic at hand 🖐 so your question was what again??? Lmao #WhoIsTank my friend you already know 💯

[@raw5889]

C Hall better question is who has tank beat?

[@KedikaAbibitumitv]

Tank will hurt Russel, Tank is too strong, skilled and has power and defense.........

[@dalejohnson4871]

Stay off those bandwagons you will fall off!

[@bsmileymusic]

All right Russell. My first time seeing you fight, well second time, I had to watch watch the Lomachenko fight first lol. I'm a Bud Crawford fan.

[@blaksayjak9776]

Bud will hurt this guy quik fast n real BAD

[@jeromebaylock7609]

@@blaksayjak9776 body shot from bud retires Gary 2nd round

[@IronMan-tb9tt]

It's no way Gary beating tank everybody out there dam mind,Gary has a few combo that he does over and over and over so easy to study that's one and he don't set his combo up to go through he just through the shit and if he think he fighting tank that way lights out that's real talk

[@gabriellehkillerfien7091]

Beating cab drivers

[@xaviermack1449]

Gary's hand speed and pop will be very formidable with anyone

[@cobbw18]

Tank ain’t ready for Gary you 🧢 gary will beat the fuck outta tank that’s why tank won’t respond because he see. This fight boy gary is a dog

[@kwayne1on1smoke52]

You have to get stronger if you move to 135 russel jr

[@kasheemsmith6239]

Most ppl get stronger as they move up

[@almightyprofessor]

Isn’t that point of getting moved up? Cause you got stronger?

[@bruhbry831]

@@almightyprofessor not really, look at canelo fight

[@LOUISVILLECARDINALS]

Great fight Gary Russell did his thang his apponet was no slouch the fight was stopped a little to prematurely though.

[@emiller9426]

Is that Russell saying "pop" each time he throws?

[@mikedonna2784]

Russell should b calling out lomo for rematch if he think he only lost cuz of weight cut issues

[@metaphoricaltactics5543]

No, he shouldn't be calling out anyone. If those 2 guys want to fight each other, just make the fight.

[@773Rick]

He is hes been calling for it since the L bro

[@francoisgraham9793]

Russell is pretty good. But Tank Davis would have gotten this guy out of there in 1 or 2 round. He will not beat Tank Davis. Tank hit like a middle weight. And Tank with the knock out power he has is still a better and slicker boxer than Russell. If Rusell was a big puncher he might stand a better chance. And if Lomo fight Tank if he don't get Him in 3 rounds his ass is grass to.

[@darnellkirkland784]

You have been under a rock. Russell has been calling for the rematch for years and said he will follow him where ever he goes. And he also says he wants that to be his last fight before he retires.

[@AIRTIGHT31]

@@darnellkirkland784 Why his last fight? Sounds like he ain't confident in winning and dont want another loss to stifle his career

[@blaqballs7247]

Who’s to do the squabbling with

[@jahmelbrown85]

Very clean mits Russell

[@qntainmnt]

Good stoppage! boxing is great when Referees do their jobs well!

[@TheWolphEffect]

Deontay Wilder.. Gary Russell Jr.. should be on the same card every fight. 💪🏾

[@ajgotti3259]

Ochoa Bey Go watch silly Lomachenko vs Gary Russell Great fight

[@pryorkennel]

@Damonta Robinson because gary made them take it down

[@agustiani_ag4276]

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[@shalomshalom2912]

RUSSELL VS FARMER WOULD BE A GOOD FIGHT. THEY BOTH ARE CRAFTY IN THEIR OWN WAY, AND LACK PUNCHING POWER.

[@MegaBruce247]

Shalom Shalom ...Lacking punching power .. Bro what fight was you watching. Russell shook that boy brain loose. If you think Russell is in the same class as Farmer, you need glasses and a lesson on boxers. Russell can punch and anyone who knows anything about boxing know Russell can punch, HARD. Listen to the commentators talking about Russell they ALL say he got a big punch.

[@dalejohnson4871]

Farmer gone be outta there, real quick.

[@earlfrazier2648]

@@dalejohnson4871 ☑️

[@ilovecarlitoganja206]

“Keep them up” Are you for real? Literally nobody even came close to a low blow but he keeps saying “Keep them up” Why? You’re ruining the fighters momentum when you scream that because now he’s rethinking and has to start over. Gary could have probably knocked this dude out early if it weren’t for the ref fucking with his physique.

[@indigo704]

How you don't give that man a 10 count!!! Excellent work Gary... KO was coming bit the ref violated and stopped it prematurely!!!

[@Tain950]

Amazing referee he did a great job with the stoppage

[@qntainmnt]

WOW! russell put on a show! that commentator is soo boring tho, this fight deserved Jim Lampley level commentating .

[@olasamuel241]

No comments

[@juliodyarzagaray]

Neither of these guys threw a single low blow. All fight the refs telling them to "keep em up". Is it just me?

[@rossjn9885]

Just you.

[@juliodyarzagaray]

your right. in the latter part of the the shots got lower.

[@dalejohnson4871]

The reff was the clown throwinlow blows. 😁

[@raw5889]

JY they were on the belt line but nothing serious.

[@dalejohnson4871]

Was blind. Is blind. Still blind.

[@alltheyheardwaspow2635]

Did the commentator say "Look ted very impressive!!!"? Hahahaha.....

[@googoos5785]

2:05 Why did russel punch escandons trunks or trem

[@sazay1057]

good ref

[@SL4US]

Damn ref you gunna call everything under the chin low??

[@Discovery_and_Change]

What was the weigh in and what did they weigh the night of?

[@fkfglobalx2895]

What you thinking ?

[@Discovery_and_Change]

@@fkfglobalx2895 I'm the same height as one of those boxers and I was trying to get "ripped" like them, so I wanted to know what weight(s) I should be aiming for to get the ripped physique. Except, I don't know if it would actually be healthy for me to get that skinny without the muscle added.

[@thisguyjamal1209]

one one , one one

[@ismailmalone9648]

Stoppage was early

[@tonyingvlogs2338]

Who's here because of Magsayo vs. Russell 😅💪

[@pjames1291]

Either this man can take punches or Gary punches soft 😂. Respectfully

[@monte66100]

No punch is soft dummy he dropped him

[@pabloloco9013]

Good stoppage only more damage could be done

[@lj6852]

Russel never been the same after his beat down from loma.

[@MrEdwar084]

lomochenko made russel jr look amateur

[@kasheemsmith6239]

That's because Russell was drain b4 the fight started and Loma knew that why think Loma don't want the rematch. Plus the fight was split decision so u make no sense

[@MrEdwar084]

@@kasheemsmith6239 is this Excuse Friday or what?

[@kasheemsmith6239]

@@MrEdwar084 naw it's facts

[@dalejohnson4871]

Remember Ray vs Duran two, there you go.

[@nodivisionjustunity4364]

Yeah but Gary says he knocked him out , like ya know in pretend land.

[@Whoisreal666]

Loma took alot out of him... Yu can even see it his eyes in interviews

[@Whoisreal666]

@Black Fight TV I respect yor opinion and i respectfully disagree. I think Loma washes him (again). I haven't seen him tryna get that rematch either, and im not talking bout some questions he answered from some thirsty yutube reporter. Im talkin bout like how tank an devin haney. Ijbh

[@Whoisreal666]

@Black Fight TV it was competitive for a few rounds but after that it was all loma. And again i dont recall Russell SEEKING that rematch but ok...

[@doyouhearme8041]

@Black Fight TV nah bro I'm not a loma fan at all, but Russell got washed that fight, I was disappointed to say the least.. I think he performs better in a rematch, but I dont think he deserves a rematch with the way he let Loma just school him

[@dashaymitchell2022]

Not really just humbled em dats all....

[@Whoisreal666]

Loma was playing with him. That fkd wit Russ head fasho 💯

[@freeworld2275]

Russell is nice

[@ukidzps4434]

Good stop

[@kcorner509]

Gary dont got nothing for davis,get that many shots off its over

[@str8edj834]

Forget about Crawford too. He's talented but, he'll be dropped hard by Bud or Tank

[@jeffblazer5848]

Gary russell look like he hitting a mean carlton banks in the thumb nail

[@thisguyjamal1209]

🥇

[@BeeBrotha]

Russell is pretty damn good but Tank stops him in a fight he gets hit too much cant play with tanks power

[@dalejohnson4871]

Picture that!

[@tonylanzar919]

Gladiator-MISTER RUSSEL.--WINS

[@russelljohnson2008]

Great win for Gary Russell, but that stoppage was too soon.

[@SL4US]

He would have gotten scrubbed either way so it's irrelevant and frankly unnecessary for him to take further punishment. There was clearly a talent gap. Escondon is washed and looks worse than a journeyman fighter at this point

[@eightyfouratriel5939]

Russell beat this boy up

[@Nitrousman45]

Tank would have been ended the fight , Gary is not a match for Tank

[@soldierviejo8224]

27:50 mark

[@michaelbonner1413]

Gary: chin checks dude Ref:keep’em up Gary!! Breh wtf are you talking about ref?..lmao and early stoppage by the way

[@soldierviejo8224]

Did you see him wobbling??

[@edselpineda4277]

Nññ

[@soldierviejo8224]

@AtxVn20 No name yeah let's just forget about how clean, hard punches he took before that🙄🙄🙄

[@nuke1upgames913]

this dude thinks he can beat bud Crawford I'm more blown away that people gassing him up saying bud should take the fight lol. First of all, he's no manny Pacquiao if he was he would have already moved up to 130/135/140 and grabbed world titles. Gary Russell Jr is a world class champion no doubt but he can move to 130 or even 135 and get legit fights. The only thing I hate about Gary is he acts like everyone ducking him if u can't get a fight at 126 u move up the next division.

[@colbert9263]

Gary russel throws everything at the same speed so after a while it gets easy to time. Also I feel like there were a lot of missed opportunities for Gary russel to land strong counters since his opponent was literally walking to him.

[@BrooklynRival7718]

That Mexican is the most gangsta trainer I've ever seen in my life, he looks like he'll catch a body before the fight is over

[@dalejohnson4871]

Gym work. That's all. Sparring.

[@asadibrahim5596]

woow what the fight

[@josrrodriguez175]

Loma whoop that ass.

[@donjohnson3888]

@@josrrodriguez175 The big difference in that fight was the footwork. Russell was very flat footed and had to plant to get his combos off and Loma never stops moving. Russell simply couldn't keep track of where Loma was. Chenko was everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Russell has learned to be a bit lighter on his toes since then, he can definitely punch while moving much better now, but he'd still lose again imo.

[@Jumpman-305]

Don Johnson I agree Gary was too flat footed. Thou its not as much about being flat footed, if he just has these like movements in the ring, just little quick movements he would be a better fighter. He has the boxing IQ has good defense, he just needs to move his legs and body more.

[@creptanightable]

Dammm his son was crying 😮

[@JudenLabriaga]

Need to give 10 count first..that''s too early to stop.the fight..

[@lawrencepeterson8623]

Gary could have put more body work in the early rounds I think it would have been over much sooner

[@CopperAboriginies]

Gary Russell is a boxing technical fighter, systematically dismantling his opponents round by round. Y'all call Floyd or instagram him and tell him please don't put Tank Davis in the ring with this guy. Tell Floyd to move his fighter up in weight. Tanks in serious trouble against Gary Russell.

[@TheZayzkidd3]

If Russell is 5'4 then how tall is that little fella? 4'10?

[@JointyDriver]

But he has 5 cm more range A perfect genetic gifted boxer. short body long arms

[@sheldonjunior7467]

Garry closer to 5'5 than 5'4

[@999calirage]

Russell jr vs Devin Haney who y’all got. 👀

[@SikBeatz]

Devin's too big. If size wasn't an issue, I'd pick Gary. Tank beats them both. Although he's short, he has serious skills and power in both hands

[@davidrussell3890]

STOPPED WAY TOO EARLY

[@thedhive6512]

I agree but the ref was just saving Escandon additional brain damage. Dude was standing there eating the same left and right uppercuts 3-4 times in a row.

[@frederickgill5677]

Russell is a good fighter far as tank tho im not convinced he can beat him

[@raw5889]

Lol why is there only one commentator. Smh no love for gr jr

[@qntainmnt]

i thought i was the only one that noticed, PBC fucked up on this one.

[@thisguyjamal1209]

one two , one two

[@RayGil1386193]

hold on he didnt even get hit when he took the knee...Bad stoppage.Russel did his thing though.

[@danderson7182]

Harvey Doc won’t let anyone work to the body, ridiculous man

[@thisguyjamal1209]

one one , one two

[@quentincaraballo6459]

Russel gonna have to get bigger bruh, he can handle bigger opponents early but he starts to get pushed back a lot later in the fight, and the man has no footwork so he better change up something quick before he move up weight.

[@washingtonwashington3802]

Stoppage was too early

[@Jumpman-305]

It’s not about Tank hitting hard why Gary may lose a match to him, it’s really about Gary’s body movement or lack of that will cause him to lose the fight. Gary doesn’t need power to beat tank what he needs to do is let his body match those hands.

[@onewordtray]

He not beating devin Haney

[@curtishammond8585]

Cruz might have problems but Tank Russ. gonna have problems

[@swooleylast6939]

🖊sign his gloves plz 💯

[@aperarevisions6914]

This was a Wack matchup !

[@stevenbreon7480]

And brother one division down

[@thisguyjamal1209]

t off on em

[@francoisgraham9793]

Look bro i like talking to you but this conversation about Tank Davis and your boy Russell come on. He need to worry about Lomo. And talking about cans omg. At the end of the day Russell will have to make hotel reservations because if he fight Tank I'll be nice and give him 8 rounds or less he's out of here face first.

[@sigurdurkjartansson696]

this guys a tough cooky. i think hes being avoided

[@creptanightable]

Garry use to be the man now he fight like a dust head forreal forreal, yea Tank that boi.

[@thisguyjamal1209]

one one one two

[@kwayne1on1smoke52]

Russell jr bro good dude you the shit but who in the hell are these guys you fighting yo

[@mrgrandi]

Want to see rematch with Loma, Russell will give him more problems,

[@huntersobczak9107]

Ref was overactive all fight.

[@kaliospits7831]

Feel bad for anyonr that has to listen to this on the radio..

[@dawudabdullah443]

Tank can’t fuck with Gary!! He’s a one dimensional fighter who relays on power . Plus he ain’t had his mustache tested yet...easy work for Gary....!! I got two racks on GR

[@patrickvance5750]

That was a bad stoppage. To Quick.

[@jermainefisher3797]

Tank and Russell jr. fight I can see tank knock him out

[@roscop.coldchain4738]

I think he could have gave dude a count. Yea he was stunned but he could have took a count.

[@bsmileymusic]

You got some speed bro but I don't think you can handle Bud Crawford, he too strong and plus bud is a grown man now, with multiple belts. You already know that though. Nice fight bro.

[@coldskoolbeatz]

13:39 😂😂😂😂

[@prime804]

Gary is a real champ

[@SG-vo5lm]

Damm dude has no head movement or faints. Punching bag. Russell nice tho

[@gregthomas3137]

Gary could've put dude away much sooner had he committed to the body more. Dude recovered from the 3rd and was taking the hrad shots much better...even with the ref tripping. His ribs were available the whole fight. More body work and footwork. Gary stood in front of him the whole fight and took too many body shots himself

[@pappaswagg]

DUDE AND YOU TRYING TO FIGHT CRAWFORD BE SERIOUS YOU WANT THAT CHECK AT THE EXPENSE OF A KO OR GETTING HURT BAD

[@edubb527]

Gary Russell Jr. Is the man to see at 126, they keep ducking that man.

[@francoisgraham9793]

If he so great he need to gain more weight. At least 10 pounds to fight Tank Davis. Other than that he will just keep chipping at no bodies and calling hisself great.

[@edubb527]

@@francoisgraham9793 bruh what do u know about boxing? If u say these fighters are not ducking him u need to do ur homework. Get some knowledge & then let's talk. Why gain 10 pounds when 126 is his division?

[@raw5889]

Francois Graham he said after he fights leo santa cruz he want’s tank

[@edubb527]

@@raw5889 that's a good fight ima tune in & watch

[@edubb527]

@Aaron absolutely