By Jim Dower: Dan Rafael is reporting that the Top Rank pay per view card for December 4th, with Julio Cesar Chavez J. (41-0-1, 30 KO’s) vs. Alfonso Gomez (22-4-2, 11 KO’s) in the main event, is now official. The bout will be taking place at The Pond, in Anaheim, California. The following undercard matches will be shown: Humberto Soto vs. Urbano Antillon, Nonito Donaire vs. Wladimir Sidorenko, Brandon Rios vs. TBA, and Vanes Martirosyan vs. TBA. In a lot of ways, this card may actually be a better overall fight card compared to the November 13th fight card with Manny Pacquiao taking on Antonio Margarito, and Kelly Pavlik vs. Brian Vega on the undercard.
Urbano Antillon
War in Acapulco!
By John G. Thompson: Acapulco, Mexico hosted some fantastic boxing Saturday evening, which sadly did not receive an English broadcast in the United States. In any event, the Top Rank production broadcast on Fox Sports in Espanol and Mexico Azteca contained some of the most thrilling boxing of the weekend, showcasing future stars Urbano Antillon and Giovanni Segura.
Acosta Stops Antillon, Peter Crushes McGee – Boxing Results
By Eric Thomas: In a huge upset, Miguel Acosta (25-9-2, 19 KOs) stopped number #1 ranked World Boxing Association lightweight contender Urbano Antillon (26-0, 19 KOs) in the 9th round tonight for the WBA interim lightweight title at the Grand Mayan, Nuevo Vallarta, in Nayarit, Mexico. Antillon, 26, got sloppy and was nailed by a huge right uppercut and taken out at 1:47 of the 9th.
Boxing News – Diaconu vs. Pascal on Friday; Chavez Jr., Gamboa and Antillon Fighting on July 25th
By Jason Kim: This Friday night, World Boxing Council (WBC) light heavyweight champion Adrian Diaconu (26-0, 15 KO’s) will be defending his title against number #5 ranked challenger Jean Pascal (22-1, 15 KO’s) at the Bell Centre, in Montreal, Canada. This will be the first defense for the 31-year-old Romanian transplant champion Diaconu, who now lives and fights out of Canada.
Antillon Destroys Cruz
By Manuel Perez: Undefeated super featherweight contender Urbano Antillon (25-0, 18 KOs) stopped Juan Ramon Cruz (15-6-1, 11 KOs) in the 4th round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Friday night at the Alameda Swap Meet, in Los Angeles, California. Antillon, 26, ranked #1 in the World Boxing Council, #3 in the WBO, #6 in the WBA and #10 in the IBF, knocked Cruz down three times en route to stopping him in the 4th round with a hard right hand body shot. Referee Raul Caiz Jr. then halted the fight at 1:35 of the round.
Boxing News: Antillon Crushes Attah
By Chris Williams: Undefeated number #4 ranked World Boxing Association super featherweight Urbano Antillon (24-0, 17 KOs) was too much for his Nigerian opponent Daniel Attah (24-5-1, 8 KOs) on Friday night, stopping him in the 4th round of a scheduled 10-round bout to win the vacant WBO NABO super featherweight and vacant NABF super featherweight titles at the Isleta Resort & Casino, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After knocking Attah down once in the 3rd round, Antillon, 26, put away him away in the 4th round with two powerful left hooks to the head, sending Attah down to the canvas where he was counted out at 1:13 of the round by referee Rocky Burke.
Antillon, who was coming off a disappointing performance in his last bout against Jose Leonardo Cruz in June, started off slowly against Attah in the first round, getting badly outworked by the Nigerian fighter. It looked for the most part like Antillon was going to have another off night. However, he greatly picked up his pace in the second round by pinning Attah to the ropes, keeping him there and working him over with powerful series of head and body shots thrown with maximum power in each shot. Attah, fighting for survival, landed some good head shots of his own while getting tagged by Antillon. However, he couldn’t match the power or the intensity of the shots Antillon was hitting him with, and he looked decidedly uncomfortable under the strain of Antillon’s attacks.
Antillon Stops Cruz
By Scott Gilfoid: Top lightweight contender undefeated Urbano Antillon (23-0, 16 KOs) had a much tougher time than expected in defeating Colombian Jose Leonardo Cruz (12-3-2, 8 KOs) by a 6th round stoppage of scheduled 8-round bout on Friday night at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center, in Reading, Pennsylvania. After losing a couple of the early rounds of the fight, Antillon came on to take the fight to the inexperienced Cruz keeping him under constant pressure and landing hard shots for most of the rounds. The fight was stopped after the 6th round due to Cruz’s left eye which had swollen almost completely shut giving him only a small crack to see out of.
Though Cruz, 32, was only two inches taller than Antillon at 5’9″, he looked much bigger than him, almost like a giant in comparison. Cruz’s size advantage, as well as his much longer arms, served him well in the first three rounds at which time he was able to land frequently with long jabs and hard hooks to the head of the smaller Antillon. Though Antillon, 25, a former 2000 National Golden Gloves Lightweight Champion, had the much better form, and equally hard shots, his punches had no effect on Cruz whatsoever.
Antillon Stops Pacquiao
In a fight that perhaps signals the end of one of the Pacquiao brothers, super featherweight contender Urbano Antillon (22-0, 15 KOs) KO’d Bobby Pacquiao (28-14-3, 13 KOs) with a big left hook to the midsection in the 1st round last night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Pacquiao, 27, was unable to make it up from the knockdown and was counted out immediately by referee Joe Cortez at 2:49 of the round. Credit goes to Pacquiao for taking on Antillon, 25, a righter ranked #2 in the WBC super featherweight class.
Antillon was after Pacquiao from the opening bell, stalking him and landing mostly body shots whenever he came in range. Pacquiao, a powerful southpaw, however, kept a steady jab in his face and fired off occasional body shots. Just when it looked as if Pacquiao had made it out of the first round without much trouble, he was nailed with several hard punches while up against the ropes late in the round. Pacquiao quickly moved away, but took a big body shot and right uppercut to the head as he was sliding away, causing him to stumble slightly in the process.