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LEGENDARY ROUNDS.

Photo: German Villasenor.
By
Francisco Villasenor.
July
9, 2011- Not
dissapointing whatsoever, the expected war between WBA Lightweight
champion Barndon ''Bam Bam'' Rios 28-0-1, 20 KOs and Urbano Antillon
28-3, 20 KOs took place for three, now classic rounds at the Home
Depot Center in Carson California on Saturday night in front of
a vociferous crowd with TOP RANK promoting and SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXING televising.
Oxnard
California's Rios and Maywood California's Antillon, no love-lost
between them did not mess around with any kind of feeling-out process,
choosing to engage in a furious, non-stop attack on the inside from
the onset, with big contingents of supporter's a piece yelling at
the top of their lungs from the stands.
A
hooking-fest with big shots landed to the body, followed up by uppercuts
by Antillon found their target early and often, with Rios firing
back without giving any ground.
The
same furious action took place in the second round, with a slight
reddening of the face taking place on the challenger, both men ended
up the round face-to-face as if aknowledgement of their efforts
thus far to the crowd's delight.
Disaster
struck for Antillon in the thrid round, as both men kept the war
going, with Antillon getting caught by a huge left hook to the head
during an exchange which sent the fighter to the ground.
Perhaps getting up too quickly, Antillon was allowed to keep fighting,
with his corner yelling to box and hold, Antillon chose to fight-it
out, incredibly looked to have turned the fight around, punching
it out with the champion, before another Rios bomb exploded on his
head sending him down once more.
Antillon
got up, with Rios jumping on him and pinning him against the ropes,
with rubbery legs and trying to shake off the effects, Antillon
finally chose to try and hold, freeing himself Rios kept trying
to punch, Antillon's legs betrayed him, stumbled to his corner,
with the referee David Mendoza chosing to stop the thriller at 2:49
of the round.
Rios
said he would like to have any of the top names next after the fight.
Antillon
would also add after the fight- Sotos a great champion
but is much better defensively. This guy Rios is much physically
stronger than Soto and a bigger puncher.
Abel Sanchez, Antillon's trainer would add- The first knockdown
did all the damage, That left hook was a devastating
punch and took it out of him. The rest was an accumulation
of punches.
Rios
wins the war -fightnews
Rios
Wins War of Attrition with Antillon-
Ryan Maquinana- maxboxing.com
Rios
stops Antillon in 3rd round of thrilling bout- By GREG BEACHAM -
AP Sports Writer | AP
For
the rest of the news links from yahoo click HERE
For
the rest of the news links from BING click HER
READY
FOR WAR! RIOS
and ANTILLON WEIGH-IN!

Photos:
Tom Casino/SHOWTIME
Brandon
Rios (wearing cap) and challenger Urbano Antillon had to be restrained
following one last heated verbal exchange Friday after making weight
and are set to go tomorrow, Saturday, July 9, live on SHOWTIME®
(10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast).
In what most expect will be a can't miss candidate for Fight of
the Year, the unbeaten Rios (27-0-1, 19 KOs) will defend his WBA
lightweight championship against Antillon (28-2, 20 KOs) in the
highly anticipated main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
Rios weighed the division-limit 135 pounds Friday at a jam-packed
Holiday Inn Torrance (Calif.) while Antillon tipped the scale at
134 3/4 pounds.
In the Top Rank-promoted co-feature at The Home Depot Center in
Carson, Calif., former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron
(32-3-1, 28 KOs), pictured at the left, will take on Mexico’s Carlos
Molina (18-4-2, 6 KOs) in a 10-round junior middleweight scrap.
Cintron weighed 149 1/4 pounds on Friday; Molina weighed 151 3/4.
The
telecast also will include highlights from overseas as IBF super
middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KOs) defends against
mandatory challenger Jean-Paul Mendy (29-0-1, 16 KOs).
Tickets,
priced at $125, $75, $50 and $25, are available at all Ticketmaster
outlets and online at www.Ticketmaster.com as well as The Home Depot
Center Box Office. Suites are available by calling (877) 604-8777.
The
first live, non-televised fight Saturday starts at 4:05 p.m. PT.
Doors open at 4.
WBA
LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION BRANDON RIOS, CHALLENGER URBANO ANTILLON, KERMIT
CINTRON, CARLOS MOLINA, PROMOTER BOB ARUM AND MORE

Photo:
Chris Farina / Top Rank
FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Wilshire
Grand Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
SHOWTIME
CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Doubleheader This Saturday, July 9, At The Home
Depot Center, Carson, California,
Live
on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT
LOS
ANGELES (July 6, 2011) –
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® (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed
on the West Coast).
Rios
and Antillon had spent weeks jawing, and at one point the heated
verbal exchanges nearly caused them to come to blows, but Wednesday
at Wilshire Grand Los Angeles their focus solo was on Saturday when
Rios (27-0-1, 19 KOs), of Oxnard, Calif., defends his World Boxing
Association (WBA) lightweight championship against Antillon (28-2,
20 KOs), of Maywood, Calif., in the main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP
BOXING.
In
the Top Rank-promoted co-feature at The Home Depot Center in Carson,
Calif., former International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight
champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KOs), of Carolina, Puerto Rico,
makes his first start in more than a year against Mexico’s Carlos
Molina (18-4-2, 6 KOs), of Chicago, in a 10-round junior middleweight
match.
The
SHOWTIME telecast also will include highlights from overseas as
IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KOs) defends
his title for an eighth time – but first in his home country of
Romania – against mandatory challenger Jean-Paul Mendy (29-0-1,
16 KOs) of France.
In
top undercard, non-televised fights at The Home Depot Center, unbeaten,
No, 2-ranked World Boxing Organization (WBO) lightweight contender
Mercito Gesta (21-0-1, 11 KOs), of Cebu, Philippines, meets had-hitting
Jorge “El Tigre” Pimental (23-11, 17 KOs) of Sonora, Mex., undefeated
former Notre Dame champion Mike Lee (5-0, 3 KOs) of Chicago takes
on Michael Birthmark (2-5, 0 KOs) of Billings, Montana, in a light
heavyweight bout and promising super bantamweight Gabino Saenz (3-0,
3 KOs), of Indio, Calif., will try to maintain his unblemished record
against Quinice Wesby (1-1, 0 KOs) of Dallas.
Tickets,
priced at $125, $75, $50 and $25, are available at all Ticketmaster
outlets and online at www.Ticketmaster.com as well as The Home Depot
Center Box Office (Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Suites
are available by calling (877) 604-8777. The first live, non-televised
fight Saturday starts at 4:05 p.m. PT. Doors open at 4.
What
they said Wednesday:
PROMOTER BOB ARUM
“This
is the fight that the fans want to see. A very limited number of
tickets are still available and we are expecting a sellout. So get
your tickets now.
“This
is a fight that the casual fan will see and want to get back into
boxing as real fans. This is the kind of fight that makes the casual
fan a real fan of boxing. This is the kind of fight where they see
that there is no other sport in the world as exciting as boxing.
“Kermit
Cintron got a bad rap for what happened against Paul Williams. It
was another typical media assassination. He was on his way to beating
Williams and then somehow it gets written up that he gets tripped
up and flies out of the ring like Superman and didn’t come back.
That’s not what happened.
“There’s
nothing in boxing like the passion involved in a neighborhood war.
Unlike what I was used to in New York where we had distinct neighborhoods,
here we have areas in Southern California which really have replaced
neighborhoods. We have Maywood against Oxnard and people have been
talking about this fight for a long, long time.”
BRANDON
RIOS:
“I
am 100 percent and they say they are a 100 percent so that equals
a big force that’s going to be in the ring.
“It’s
not just SHOWTIME now, it is war time. There will be no boxing on
Saturday night. We are both brawlers who will try to beat the crap
out of each other. Our skills are pretty much the same, no skill
… just your typical street fight.
“For
the first time in my life I’m actually going to make weight days
before the weigh-in. I can’t believe it. It’s because I’m working
with my new strength and conditioning coach Henry Castro. He’s been
working my butt off.”
ROBERT
GARCIA (Rios’ Trainer):
“We
are just days away and we can’t wait for Saturday night. All the
work has been done. Brandon’s never been in better shape and has
never worked as hard for a fight.
“We
have a world title to defend here. This is serious business so there’s
no more messing around.
“I
can’t wait. I’m so excited, just like Brandon is for Saturday night.”
URBANO
ANTILLON:
“The
moment is almost here and it’s a day I’ve been waiting for for awhile.
We are both tough fighters and we want to leave it all out in the
ring and that’s what we’re going to do.
“We
are two guys who come forward and that’s what we’re going to do
on Saturday night. We will both impose our will and someone will
get broken down.
“This
is a pivotal fight for me, one of the biggest of my career. This
is the goal I’ve always had for myself, to be fighting the best
there is.”
ABEL
SANCHEZ (Antillon’s Trainer):
“I
think it’s time for all the talking to stop and to get these boys
in the ring to settle this.
“We’ve
had a great training camp and so has Robert’s guy. This is my fourth
camp with Urbano and he’s finally gotten it – finally bought into
the system. We totally changed his method of training. In the Soto
fight he was tentative and not that confident. You could tell. And
he was two pounds overweight at the weigh-in. Now there are no problems
and we are ready to go.”
KERMIT CINTRON
“It’s
a great opportunity for me to be fighting for Top Rank and I thank
them, my team, SHOWTIME, and everyone involved for making this fight
happen. I’ve been waiting for my moment to shine and this is it.
“This
is my first fight in 14 months and I’m ready to go. I’ve trained
very hard. I think the time off did me good. Spending time with
my family and kids did wonders for me and it gave my body a break.
I’m re-energized and feel like I did before I took the time off.
“There
is no pressure on me, but I’m actually looking to win the fight
impressively. I know Molina pretty well. He helped me get ready
for the second fight with Antonio Margarito and he gave me good
work. Carlos is a crafty fighter who comes to win. I expect him
to give it his all, and I’ll be ready for anything he brings. This
is going to be a great fight.
“If
everything goes OK on Saturday, my next fight will be back down
at 147 pounds.’’
RONNIE SHIELDS (Cintron’s Trainer)
“Molina
is a good fighter and a tough opponent, which is what Kermit needs.
But we had a great camp, Kermit trained hard and he is ready.
“I’ve
been asked a lot why we’re fighting such a tough guy after a year-plus
layoff and the reason is that Kermit is one of the best fighters
in the world.
“He
knows Molina and I’d rather have Kermit fight someone that he knows
is going to be tough rather than fight some guy he doesn’t know
and maybe won’t work and train so hard for. If Kermit respects you,
he’ll work his butt off, which is what he’s done for Molina.
“We
wanted someone who would bring out the best in Kermit.’’
CARLOS MOLINA
"Everyone
who knows me knows that I come to fight and that I will always give
my best in the ring. This is a good opportunity and I’m going to
try to win all the way. I’ve been in some very close fights with
some very good fighters so I have the experience to fight a guy
with the experience of Cintron.
“I
want to thank Top Rank and Bob Arum. I’m ready to go and put up
a helluva fight.’’
GABINO SAENZ
“I’m
very excited to be fighting for Top Rank and looking forward to
a good fight on Saturday. I don’t know much about my opponent but
I fought in enough tournaments during the amateurs to know how to
deal with the unknown. I’ll just fight my fight and adapt when I
have to.
“To
be able to sign with Top Rank is as good as it gets. They are the
biggest promoter out there and they know how to move a fighter and
help us make a name for ourselves. I’m hoping for a good performance
on Saturday and looking forward to fighting on a lot of their shows.
I’ll fight anybody they tell me to.’’
MIKE LEE
"I
want to thank Top Rank for this fight and I’m excited to be fighting
on this card. I’m looking forward to showing the kinds of skills
we’ve been working on in camp.
“I
really want to thank my team. They are the reason I’m standing here
at this press conference and they are the reason why I’m undefeated.’’
In
the co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, former IBF welterweight
champion Kermit Cintron (32-3-1, 28 KOs) will take on Mexico’s Carlos
Molina (18-4-2, 6 KOs) in a 10-round junior middleweight scrap.
The
telecast also will include highlights from overseas as IBF super
middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0, 23 KOs) defends against
mandatory challenger Jean-Paul Mendy (29-0-1, 16 KOs).
Tickets,
priced at $125, $75, $50 and $25, are available at all Ticketmaster
outlets and online at www.Ticketmaster.com as well as The Home Depot
Center Box Office (Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Suites
are available by calling (877) 604-8777.
The
first live, non-televised fight Saturday starts at 4:05 p.m. PT.
Doors open at 4.
Mark
Whicker, Orange County Register: "Rios-Antillon Moving Straight
Ahead"
Bob Velin, USA Today: "Rios Puts Title, Unbeaten Record on
Line Against Antillon"
Bob
Buttita, Ventura County Star: "Oxnard Boxer Brandon Rios Meets
The Media Prior to His Fight with Urbano Antillon"
Robert
Morales, Press-Telegram: "Growth Begins Outside The Ring"
Kevin
Iole, Yahoo! Sports: "Will Third Time Be Antillon's Charm?"
Dan
Rafael, ESPN.com: "SoCal Sluggers Sing The Bruise on Deck"
David
Avila, The Press-Enterprise: "Rios-Antillon Bout Will Be Explosive"
Robert
Morales, Press-Telegram: "Maywood's Antillon Adds Perspective
to Title Quest"
Jake
Donovan, BoxingScene.com: "Rios Just a Fighter, And That's
Good Enough For Us"
Mark Whicker, Orange County Register: "Mike
Lee is the Notre Dame Boxer Who Practically Markets Himself"
Miguel
Maravilla, FightNews.com: "Antillon: "I'll Be Coming Forward"
Cory
Erdman, The Queensberry Rules: "Brandon Rios Keeps It Real"
Francisco
Salazar, FightNews.com: "Rios Ready for Antillon"
David
Avila, TheSweetScience.com: "Is Rios Truly Stronger Than Antillon?"
Antillon
Stares down Rios By Steve Kim-maxboxing.com
Rios
And Antillon Are Ready For War - maxboxing.com
Rios-Antillon
moving straight ahead -By MARK WHICKER- ocregister.com
SoCal
sluggers sing the bruise on deck -Rafael
By Dan Rafael - ESPN.com
Weekend
Preview: Rios-Antillon, Williams-Lara and more by Michael Rosenthal-ringtv.com
Rios
& Antillon, Final Words! -standupnfight.com
Rios-Antillon
final presser - fightnews.com
Its
war time declares Brandon Rios
- Igor Frank , Glendale Boxing Examiner
Watch
Boxing Streaming Live Online - Press Conference - Urbano Antillon
- Rios vs Antillion -YOUTUBE.COM
VIDEO-
ABEL SANCHEZ ON ANTILLON -YOUTUBE.COM
Rios-Antillon
Media Day - fightnews.com
Urbano
Antillon chills out - fightnews.com
Rios-Antillon
bout will be explosive -By
DAVID A. AVILA
The Press-Enterprise
What
Drives Brandon Rios- Gabriel Montoya-Maxboxing.com
Rios
And Antillon Conference Call Quotes -SECONDSOUT.COM
Rios
vs. Antillon this Saturday- By Dan Ambrose: boxingnews24.com
Will
the third time be a charm for Urbano Antillon? -Igor Frank- Examiner.com
Rios-Antillon,
verbal altercation precedes the war of attrition-Igor Frank - examiner.com
Unlike
Klitschko-Haye, Rios-Antillon will deliver action -by Doug Fischer-RINGTV.COM
Video:
Brandon Rios and Urbano Antillon Get Nasty at Press Conference -VIDEO-BADLEFTHOOK.COM
Photos
and Quotes: Brandon Rios and Urbano Antillon Go Face-to-Face -badlefthook.com
Rios-Antillon
presser By
Miguel Maravilla-fightnews.com
Rios
vs. Antillon: Couldnt a better opponent have been found for
Brandon?-boxingnews24.com
Rios,
Antillon already in fighting form-espn.com

BRANDON
RIOS AND URBANO ANTILLON RUMBLE
FOR WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Saturday,
July 9, at The Home Depot Center Live on SHOWTIME®
Tickets
Now On Sale!
LOS ANGELES (May 31, 2011) –
Undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion “Bam
Bam” BRANDON RIOS will make the first defense of his world title
when he takes on two-time world title challenger and current Top-Five-rated
contender URBANO ANTILLO, Saturday, July 9, at The Home Depot Center
in Carson, Calif. The co-main event will feature former International
Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight champion KERMIT CINTRON and
CARLOS MOLINA in a 10-round super welterweight fight. Both bouts
will be televised live on SHOWTIME®, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT
(delayed on the West Coast.)
The
four warriors have a combined record of 105-9-4 (73 KOs) – a winning
percentage of 89% and a victory by knockout ratio of 70%.
The
SHOWTIME Championship Boxing telecast will also include highlights
from overseas as IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (28-0,
23 KOs), defends his title for the eighth time – but first in his
home country of Romania – against mandatory challenger Jean-Paul
Mendy (29-0-1, 16 KOs), from France.
Promoted
by Top Rank, tickets for The Home Depot Center’s Rios vs. Antillon
World Lightweight Championship fight card, priced at $125, $75,
$50 and $25, are now on sale! They can be purchased at all Ticketmaster
outlets and online at www.Ticketmaster.com as well as The Home Depot
Center Box Office (open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
Suites are available by calling 1-877-604-8777.
Rios
(27-0-1, 19 KOs), a native of Lubbock, Tex., now fights out of Oxnard,
Calif. Arguably the division’s most exciting fighter, he returns
to the ring on the heels of his biggest professional victory, a
10th round TKO of defending champion Miguel Acosta, on February
26, to capture the WBA lightweight title. An all-action fan-friendly
fighter, Rios, who is trained by former IBF junior lightweight champion
Robert Garcia, possesses a self-described “throwback” style and
a warrior’s mentality that screams excitement as proven by the fact
that eight of his previous nine victories have been by knockout.
Highlights of that streak include victories, all inside the distance,
over Acosta (28-3-2), Anthony Peterson (30-0), Jorge Teron (23-1-1)
and Omri Lowther (14-2), who had a combined record of 95-6-3 when
they were defeated by Rios.
Antillon
(28-2, 20 KOs), of Maywood, Calif., has given sensational performances
in recent fights, most notably his last one, against World Boxing
Council lightweight champion Humberto Soto last December, the consensus
“Fight of the Year.” Though he lost to Soto by one point on two
of the judges’ cards due to a controversial point deduction by the
referee, Antillon emerged from that fight a certified world-class
contender. Trained by Abel Sanchez, 10 of Antillon’s last 11 victories
have been by knockout. Notable scalps hanging from Antillon’s belt
include Rene Gonzalez (27-1-1), Tyrone Harris (23-4), former world
title challenger Daniel Attah (24-4-1), and Bobby Pacquiao (28-13-3),
the younger brother of Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao.
Cintron
(32-3-1, 28 KOs), of Carolina, Puerto Rico, captured the IBF welterweight
title in 2006 by knocking out Mark Suarez in the fifth round. He
held the title for close to two years, successfully defending it
against Walter Matthysse and Jesse Feliciano, both by knockout,
before losing it to Antonio Margarito in 2008. Since moving up in
weight in 2009 Cintron has become a force in the superr welterweight
division where he is still the only man to defeat top-rated contender
Alfredo Angulo. He also boasts a Draw against 2010 Fighter of the
Year and World Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez.
Molina
(18-4-2, 6 KOs), a native of Michoacán, México, who
fights out of Chicago, enters this fight riding a three-year, 11-bout
unbeaten streak. In 2011 he knocked out Allen Conyers (12-4) in
the seventh round and had a 10-round Draw against undefeated contender
Erislandy Lara (15-0). Other highlights of Molina’s unbeaten streak
include an NABO junior middleweight title victory over Danny Perez
(34-5), and 10-round decision victories over Ed Paredes (21-2),
and Alexis Camacho (17-1).
For
Rios vs. Antillon fight week updates, log on to sports.SHO.com or
www.toprank.com.
Soto
vs. Antillon II is a No-Go; Fight Against Bam Bam Looms-
maxboxing.com-By
German Villasenor
Brandon
Rios v. Urbano Antillon: July 9 in California by
Scott Christ -badlefthook.com
Humberto
Soto free from Top Rank By Dan Rafael ESPN.com
photo:
German Villasenor
February
22, 2011-
Urbano Antillon (Center) will take on defending WBC Lightweight
Champion Humberto Soto as the co-featured bout to the Pacquiao vs.
Mosley fight on May 7th, Antillon was at hand to help promote (as
if needed) the ''Fight of the year'' encore last Saturday afternoon
at a press conference held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino,
a few hours before the much anticipated rematch between Jesus Soto
Karass and Mike Jones, as well as the world Bantamweight clash between
Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire.
Febrero
22, 2011-
Urbano Antillon (Centro) vera accion nuevamente el Sabado,
Mayo 7 en las Vegas Nevada, siendo el respaldo de Pacquiao vs Mosley
en una revancha de la ''Pelea de el Ano 2011'' contra Humberto Sito
por el titulo ligero avalado por el CMB, Antillon estuvo presente
el Sabado pasado en el Mandalay Bay Resort y Casino en una conferencia
de prensa para empezar a promocionar la tarjeta (como si fuera necesario),
a solo unas cuantas horas antes de la anticipada revancha de Soto-Karass
vs Mike Jones y la batalla pro el titulo mundial gallo entre Fernando
Montiel y Nonito Donaire.
Soto
vs Antillon II, Rios vs Acosta Winners To Collide-boxingscene.com
Presser
cooker - Antillon, Arce, Calderon, Lopez, Segura, -fightnews.com
Soto
and Antillon to battle it out on Pacquiao-Mosley undercard on 5/7-boxingnews4
Soto-Antillon
is the better fight compared to Pacquiao-Mosley - boxingews24
Top
Rank announces bouts - fightnews.com
Soto-Antillon
2 bajo el Pacquiao-Mosley-notifight.com
Concede
Soto revancha a Antillón en respaldo de Pacquiao-Mosley--
espanol.news.yahoo.com
The
decision is unanimous... ANTILLON vs. SOTO IS VOTED 2010 FIGHT OF
THE YEAR!
Antillon:
Yahoo! Sports Fight of the Year
2010-boxing-fight-of-the-year-winner-humberto-soto-urbano-antillon-
queensberry-rules.com
Fight
of the Year: Humberto Soto UD 12 Urbano Antillon-Sam
Letterfield-Boxingfanhouse
Fight
of the Year: Humberto Soto UD 12 Urbano Antillon-
pacquiao-vs.com
Soto-Antillon:
Fight of the Year?
-Graham
Houston- fightnews.com

Photo:
German Villasenor.
ANTILLON
VS SOTO PHOTO GALLERY- CLICK HERE
TOP
RANK'S Bob Arum was so pleased with what many are calling the fight
of the year/candidate for fight of the year- ANTILLON VS SOTO WBC
LIGHTWEIGHT BOUT which took place on December 4th at The Honda Center
in Anaheim Califorina, that although Antillon found himself not
taking the belt home on that particular night, Arum will get Antillon
back in the title picture right away.
According
to an interview given to Maxboxing.com's teve Kim and posted on
Monday December 6th, Arum stated the following..
"Heres
what were looking at," Arum told Maxboxing on Monday
afternoon. "Theres no way that Soto will be able to go
February 26th. So we have that date; so what were thinking
about is to put Rios in with either Miguel Vazquez or Miguel Acosta
and then do the rematch [between Soto and Antillon]. If we dont
get a spot on the network because it was only the Fight of
the Year and they dont want to go near Fights
of the Year because that would ruin their reputation. So what
our plan would be then is to take that fight and put in on the Manny
Pacquiao pay-per-view in April." for the full piece (at the
bottom of that particular webpage) click HERE
Soto
Goes Through Hell to Retain Title In Close Bout Against Game Antillon.

Photo:
German Villasenor.
By Francisco Villasenor.
December
4th, 2010-
Taking center stage, following the pull-out of J.C.Chavez Jr. in
the main event of the Top Rank PPV, Urbano Antillon 28-2, 20KOs
went to war against defending WBC Lightweight champion Humberto
''La Zorrita'' Soto 54-7-2-1, 32KOs in the main event on Saturday
night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
The
fight began with all action, trading of uppercuts by both fighters
and Antillon advancing, setting up good body shots, looking to take
Soto's legs away early in the fight.
Soto
got his rhythm going in the following rounds, throwing beautiful,
accurate combinations and working on Urbano's body at the same time
as both men traded furiously in high action exchanges.
Antillon
strayed low on occasions, something which would come back to cost
him dearly in the scorecards, as a dubious low blow cost him a point
off in the fifth frame.
Antillon
tried to make up for the point deduction, going forward, pressing
the action, before Soto sent a barrage of shots Antillon's way late
in the round, trying to get the tempo back his way.
Antillon
came back very strong again in the sixth round, despite being bothered
by blood flowing down from a cut above his eye due to a earlier
accidental head butt, the Mayweather California fighter dug hard
to the body, threw a very good head-snapping jab, with Soto taking
control of the bout in the following frame, using good angles, uppercuts
and two-three punch combos in the round.
Antillon
would wrestle the seemingly wearing down Soto leading into the championship
rounds, with Soto coming back time and again from hard body shots
to stand his ground against Antillon, who did his best work on the
inside in a grueling, uppercut-fest.
Both
pugilists stood their ground in the last two rounds, knowing it
could go either way, with the lively crowd (most behind Antillon)
going nuts at the bell.
After a tense few minutes, the scorecards came back, 114-113 115-112
114-113 for Humberto Soto unanimous decision.
The
deciding factor became the point loss for the low blow called by
referee Ray Corona, in what would have otherwise ended up as a draw.
German
Antillon, Urbano's brother and manager, stated that he felt the
point deduction was erroneous, and pending video review, he would
put in a formal complaint regarding it, as the fight would have
been a draw as stated before.
In
the co-feature bout, Philipino raising star, shot up way high, with
a career -best, per his own admission devastation over the hardened
Vladimir Sidorenko in four rounds, in what was Donaire's debut in
the bantamweight ranks.
The
southpaw Donaire 25-1, 17KOs, a former Flyweight champion dropped
Sidorenko with a clean right hand in the first round, busting up
the latter's face up.
Nonito did further damage in the 2nd round from the now very bloody
Vladimir, tagging him again with a quick snappy left with 54 seconds
to go in the 3rd round put him down on the canvas and a bloody stream
pouring out of his nose.
The
Referee put a stoppage to the bout, following another fall by the
Russian at 1:48 of the fourth frame.
Oxnard California's Featherweight MIGUEL ANGEL ''Mickey'' GARCIA
(24-0, 20 KOs) controlled and dropped Montreal, Canada's OLIVIER
LONTCHI (18-2-2, 8 KOs) twice in the fifth round, with Lontchi failing
to recover, with the fight being stopped at 1:30 into the round.
In
the first bout of the PPV televised portion of the fight card, J.C.Chavez's
opponent, brought in after the original fighter, Alfonso Gomez became
I;; and pulled out last week out of the card, middleweight Pawel
Wolak 28-1, 17KOs went down hard in the first round, courtesy of
a head shot delivered by the very tall, lanky, Mexico's Jose Pinzon
19-2-1 (12KOs)
Pinzon tried to go for the finish, wit Wolak surviving the onslaught,
and pressing back, it became evident that Pinzon had no defense,
no side movement and other than his early aggressiveness, was unable
to turn the fight around, with Wolak scoring a TKO with 34 seconds
to go into the seventh frame.
Time
of the stoppage was 2:24.
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