By Cliff Rold - Sometimes, a title win is validation of a fighter's placement in the upper echelon in their division. Sometimes, the conditions of the win leave the jury still out. There's no real debate that Mark Magsayo did enough to take the WBC featherweight strap off Gary Russell Jr. in January. It was a good, honest win...but also awful close by the end. It was hard to miss Russell's limitations that night, fighting most of the night one handed and with little offense. Russell came up just short in a fight where he was getting by with guile more than his talent.
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