Antonio Escalante Boxing News

By Sam Gregory: In the main event on the February 26th edition of ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights from El Paso, Texas hometown favorite Antonio Escalante 22-2 with 14 KO’s fought Mickey Roman 28-6 with 20 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round bout in the featherweight division.
From the opening bell this was a very tough fought [...]

By Eric Thomas: Super bantamweight contender Antonio Escalante (23-2, 14 KO’s) struggled badly tonight to defeat the durable Miguel Roman (28-7, 20 KO’s) by a 10 round unanimous decision at the Don Haskins Convention Center, in El Paso, Texas. The final judges’ scores were 97-92, 96-93 and 96-93. Roman, 24, loses his second consecutive fight.

By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) to get some fights under his belt at light welterweight (140 pounds) before he can even consider matching him up with his cash cow, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao according to the latest boxing news. Arum [...]

Unbeaten in six fights in his adopted hometown of El Paso, Texas, highly-ranked contender Antonio Escalante will look for El Paso win number seven on Friday, February 26, as he tests the waters at 126 pounds against rugged Mexican warrior Miguel Roman in the main event of ESPN’S “Friday Night Fights” at the Don Haskins [...]

By Sam Gregory: The main event of the July 24th edition of ESPN2 Friday Night Fights live from El Paso, Texas features southpaw Cornelius Lock 18-3-1 with 11 KO’s who takes on hometown favorite Antonio Escalante 20-2 with 13 KO’s in a scheduled 10 round fight in the featherweight division.

By Jason Kim: In something of an upset, the hard hitting featherweight contender Antonio Escalante (20-2, 13 KOs) stopped Gary Stark Jr. (22-3, 8 KOs) in the 3rd round on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion, in Chicago, Illinois. Escalante, 23, hurt Stark with a big left hook in the 3rd round, knocking him to [...]