Antillon Destroys Valdez

Lightweight prospect Urbano Antillon (21-0, 14 KOs) had an easy time tonight with Adrian Valdez (18-6-3, 9 KOs), stopping him in the first round of a scheduled 10-round bout at the Dickerson’s Event Center, in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Antillon, 25, ranked #8 in the World Boxing Council and #10 in the World Boxing Organization, knocked Valdez down twice before the fight was stopped at 1:16 of the 1st round by referee Rocky Burke, who stepped in when Valdez failed to get up right away after the 2nd knockdown.

Moments into the fight, Antillon dropped Valdez, 27, with a right-left combination. Valdez made it up without any problems, and fired off a right which had little on it. Antillon, a fighter with very heavy hands, responded with a left hand, followed by another big right hand, causing Valdez to retreat across the ring looking for safety. Antillon followed after him, landing two three-punch combinations and then two successive right hands, the first of which hurt Valdez who slid down on the ropes, defenseless. As Valdez lay suspended on the ropes, Antillon finished him off with one final right hand that sent Valdez down to the canvas.

The referee moved in and stopped the bout at 1:16 of the 1st round when he saw that Valdez was in no shape to get up from the knockdown. The second right hand from Antillon, perhaps, wasn’t needed, because Valdez was in the process of going down already from the first, but Antillon, a fighter with a killer instinct, obviously wanted to make sure he didn’t get back up.