Powered by Joomla! 1.0
Richar Abril Retains WBA Lightweight Title; Gary Russell Jr.Outpoints Vyacheslav Gusev
Unbeaten Gary Russell Jr. Outpoints Vyacheslav Gusev Handily;
Replay On Tuesday, March 5, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME
LAS VEGAS (March 3, 2013) - It may not have been an artistic success, but WBA Lightweight World Champion Richar "El Tigre" Abril will take it.
"I am very happy to get the win, but I'm not happy at all with the way the fight went," said Abril after retaining his WBA 135-pound title with a unanimous 12-round decision over previously undefeated Sharif "The Lion" Bogere in the main event of Saturday's SHOWTIME BOXING - Special Edition live on SHOWTIME® from The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Las Vegas.
The lanky, Cuban-born Abril (18-3-1, 8 KO's), of Miami, Fla., won his first title defense by the scores of 116-110 twice and 115-111. Bogere, a Ugandan living in Las Vegas, dropped to 23-1 with 15 knockouts.
In the opening bout of the telecast, unbeaten, world-rated southpaw Gary Russell Jr. (24-0, 15 KO's), of Capitol Heights, Md., scored one knockdown en route to a lopsided 10-round decision over Russia's Vyacheslav Gusev (20-3, 5 KO's). Despite hurting both his hands during the fight,...
