Mark Magsayo experienced the highest and lowest peaks in consecutive games last year.
The 27-year-old Filipino tennis player beat Gary Russell Jr. to claim Russell’s 126-pound WBC belt in January, his first major belt. He then lost the title to Rey Vargas by a split decision in his first defense in July. It’s the roller coaster that’s his boxing.
However, Magsayo insists that the past is the past. He’s looking forward, especially in his game against Brandon Figueroa for the WBC “interim” title on Saturday at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California (Showtime).
“I won a great war, I lost a…
