Who will Gary Antuanne Russell 🇺🇸 fight next?
Short answer
Most likely next opponent: Shakur Stevenson🇺🇸 (45%, talks).
Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)
Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate
Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Gary Antuanne Russell's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.
- 45%chance next opponentGary Antuanne Russell beat Andy Hiraoka on 21 Feb 2026 (UD). Zuffa has lined up a 140 lb unification. Russell's side says it is adamant about making it, but nothing is signed.Before end of 2026 (Dana White)
Field / other: 55%. This covers everyone not listed above.
- Last fight
- Win vs Andy Hiraoka · UD · 21 Feb 2026
- Confidence
- Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
- Boxing factors
- Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
- Last updated
- (UAE time)
Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.
Gary Antuanne Russell: frequently asked questions
When is Gary Antuanne Russell's next fight?
No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Shakur Stevenson (Before end of 2026 (Dana White)).
Who did Gary Antuanne Russell fight last?
Gary Antuanne Russell beat Andy Hiraoka on 21 Feb 2026 (UD). Source: Wikipedia.
Who is Gary Antuanne Russell likely to fight next?
NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Shakur Stevenson (45%), field / other 55%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.
What is Gary Antuanne Russell's record?
19–1 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 21 Feb 2026, as listed on Wikipedia.
What titles does Gary Antuanne Russell hold?
WBA super lightweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.
Other super lightweight boxers
- Dalton Smith🇬🇧 · WBC super lightweight · next: Alberto Puello Booked
- Shakur Stevenson🇺🇸 · WBO super lightweight · next: Gary Antuanne Russell 45%
- Isaac Cruz🇲🇽 · WBC interim super lightweight · next: Ryan Garcia 20%
- Alberto Puello🇩🇴 · No world title listed · next: Dalton Smith Booked
- Keyshawn Davis🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Richardson Hitchins 70%
- Richardson Hitchins🇺🇸 · No world title listed · next: Keyshawn Davis 70%
More: Super Lightweight belts and next fights · All boxing
Sources
- Wikipedia: Gary Antuanne Russell · record and last fight (revision 1373839697)
- Forbes: Dana White kills Stevenson-Pacquiao talk, lines up unification fight · 29 Sep 2026
- BoxingNews24: Shakur Stevenson pursues Gary Antuanne Russell unification
- Bad Left Hook: Gary Russell Jr in talks to face Shakur Stevenson
- Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026
Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.