DC Native to Fight in First Boxing Match at MGM National Harbor

Featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr., a D.C. native and a resident of Prince George’s County in Maryland, will face challenger Oscar Escandon in the first boxing match at the new MGM National Harbor. Russell told News4’s Tom Sherwood that, though his roots run deep in D.C., he didn’t want to come home to fight unless he was coming home a champion. Plus — a look at the numbers that the new casino has racked up so far.