Not all fights predicted to be barnburners actually live up to that billing but last night at Home Depot Center in Carson, California, WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios and challenger Urbano Antillon produced a short but thrilling war of non-stop action. Both combatants had made their careers on forcing opponents to fight backing up and…
Aside from some one-on-one, in-your-face jawing during a face-off for photographers, both Brandon “Bam Bam’’ Rios and Urbano Antillon were well-behaved and civil to each other during Wednesday’s final press conference for their highly anticipated world title fight this Saturday, July 9, live on Showtime at 10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast. Rios…
Although they were kept apart and at opposite sides of the building, the bad blood and war of words between unbeaten WBA lightweight champion Brandon “Bam Bam†Rios (27-0-1, 19 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., and two-time world title challenger Urbano Antillon (28-2, 20 KOs), of Maywood, Calif., continued during a Media Workout Tuesday at Fortune…
The Palms Casino in Las Vegas, NV sees WBA lightweight titlist Miguel Acosta face challenger Brando Rios this evening in a hotly anticipated 135 pound showdown. For Colombia’s Acosta, 28-3-2 (22), this is a chance to prove that his only two world level contests, stoppages of Urbano Antillon and Paulus Moses, in which Acosta won…
WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto had his second consecutive difficult defense, pounding out a very close unanimous decision over Urbano Antillon at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Antillon produced the best performance of his career, erasing memories of his KO loss to Miguel Acosta last year for the Interim WBA belt with a surging…
WBC lightweight champion Humberto Soto headlines a big fight card tonight from the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, putting his belt at risk against contender Urbano Antillon. Soto has reigned for two defense following a three defense run as WBC super feather kingpin but the 30 year old from Tijuana was given a stiff test…
Venezuelan puncher Miguel Acosta made good on his Namibian vacation, stretching out local man Paulus Moses in the sixth round last night for lightweight world honors at Kalahari Sand Hotel in Windhoek. Moses had never lost a professional contest going into last evening’s fight and was coming off both a WBA title win and defense…
WBA lightweight ruler Paulus Moses puts his world title on the line tonight, meeting the challenge of Miguel Acosta at Kalari Sands Hotel in Windhoek, Namibia. Venezuelan puncher Acosta, 26-3-2 (20), seemingly came out of nowhere to capture the Interim WBA belt last year by knocking out American contender Urbano Antillon in Mexico. But the…
After 16 months out of the ring, ex-WBO/WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito made his comeback to boxing a good one by pounding out a dominating unanimous decision win at light middleweight over Roberto Garcia last night at La Feria de San Marcos in Aguascalientes, Mexico. If front of large festival audience, Margarito nearly gunned down…
The warriors who will be featured in tonight’s Latin Fury 14 championship extravaganza had their final say at today’s official weigh-in. Latin Fury 14 will feature the return of the Tijuana Tornado, three-time world welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, who is ending his 16-month ring hiatus with his 2010 debut, against Texas toughman Roberto “La Amenaza”…
Lots of action in Mexico last night, big fights all across the country involving a raft of titles. The biggest bill took place at Poliforum Zamna in Merida, headlined by a clash for the WBC featherweight belt. Reigning champion Elio Rojas, 22-1 (13), won virtually every round in a wide points decision against former title…
It’s a massive eveing of boxing tonight south of the border with three quality fight cards in Mexico City, Acapulco and Merida. We kick things off at the Poliforum Zamna in Merida where Elio Rojas defends his WBC featherweight belt against Guty Espadas Jr. Rojas, 21-1 (13), outboxed Takahiro Aoh in Tokyo for the crown…