PAT RUSSELL TO REFEREE DONAIRE-MATHEBULA TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 04 Jul 2012
Pat Russell.
International Boxing Federation Championship Committee chairman Lindsey Tucker has informed the Manila Standard that 68 year old Pat Russell of San Diego, California will be the third man in the ring when WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire battles IBF champion Jeffrey ?Mongoose? Mathebula at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on June 8, Manila Time.
Russell has refereed 19 fights so far this year but not any big fights or championship bouts although he was a judge in the Joselito Lopez?Victor Ortiz battle for the WBC vacant Silver title and had Lopez ahead 88-83 when Ortiz retired because of an injured shoulder in the 9th round last June 23.
He was also a judge in the WBA super bantamweight title fight which Guillermo Rogondeaux won by a 5th round TKO over Teon Kennedy last June 9.
The last fight Russell refereed was the 3rd round TKO victory of Gary Russell Jr over Christopher Perez on June 30 this year.
Tucker told us that the judges would be Steve Morrow and Lou Morret also from California and Deon Dwarte of South Africa.
The unification bout will be telecast in the Philippines and on The Filipino Channel by the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN on its pre-eminent Channel 2 at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday with a replay on Studio 23.
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