Italian cruiserweight Vincenzo Cantatore scored his thirtieth win on the weekend of the Hopkins-Taylor bout. Fighting in Roma, Italy, Cantatore defended his European cruiserweight championship against Edson Cesar Antonio over ten rounds. Cantatore has already had one failed bid for a world cruiserweight title, losing in ten rounds to former champion Wayne Braithwaite of Guyana. Cantatore remains a firm European level cruiserweight fixture but has lost three bouts, all of which by stoppage.
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