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King Tug’s fight postponed

Old News! Published on: 2019.04.23

King Tug’s fight postponed

The match between new IBO champion N.Tugstsogt, better known as “King Tug”, and US professional boxer Gary Russell Jr. Has been postponed until June. The match was expected to be held in May.

His opponent, 30-year-old Gary Russell Jr., has held the WBC featherweight title since 2015, and as an amateur won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 2005 World Championships. At the age of 16, he won both the U.S. Championships and the Golden Gloves in 2005. He became one of only two boxers to win both the U.S. Championships and National Golden Gloves before his 17th birthday. Gary Russell Jr. has had 30 fights; 17 of them KO (knockout) and one defeat.

Last month, N.Tugstsogt won the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) World Championship title and belt of after defeating Dominican boxer Claudio Marrero. Mongolian professional boxer N.Tugstsogt won a silver medal in the flyweight category of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Since turning professional, ‘King Tug’ has had eleven fights, almost all of which he has won by KO.

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