Escalante-Roman

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 [...]

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.