SAT, MAY 20, 2017 7pm Eastern Time / 4pm Pacific Time MGM National Harbor, Oxon Hill, Maryland
Winner 
Gary Russell Jr. retained his 126-pound world title with a dynamic seventh-round TKO of Oscar Escandon.
Fight HighlightsAndre Dirrell (26-2, 16 KOs) won an interim 168-pound title by disqualification when Jose Uzcategui (26-2, 22 KOs) hit him after the bell ending the eighth round.
This week in PBC Jabs, host Jordan Hardy recaps a pair of exciting fight cards, including a conversation with 126-pound champion Gary Russell Jr. after his world title-retaining TKO of Oscar Escandon, and looks ahead to Saturday’s 147-pound title showdown in England between British champion Kell Brook and unbeaten American Errol Spence Jr.
It sticks to him like a stain that he can’t wash out. Each opponent Gary Russell Jr. meets wears the face of Vasyl Lomachenko, the only fighter to ever beat Russell as a pro. And each fight Russell has had since that June 2014 setback means another step toward self-redemption in a Lomachenko rematch.
When their 126-pound title bout concludes Saturday night, neither champion Gary Russell Jr. nor Oscar Escandon will offer any excuses for the outcome.
