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| Date | July 9, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Home Depot Center, Carson, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA Lightweight Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ríos won by K.O. in the third. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Brandon Ríos vs. Urbano Antillón was a boxing Lightweight championship match for the WBA Lightweight championship. [1] [2] The bout was held on July 9, 2011, at Home Depot Center, in Carson, California, United States and televised on Showtime. [3] [4]
Build up
A bout between both Ríos and Antillón was to take place on the undercard of Antonio Margarito vs. Roberto Garcia. [5] The fight was called off due to a cut sustained during sparring on the eyebrow of Ríos. [6] [7]
Entrance performers
The Mexican singer José Manuel Figueroa performed as Ríos entered the arena. [8]
Main card
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Lightweight Championship
Brandon Ríos vs.
Urbano Antillón
- Ríos defeated Antillón via technical knockout at 2:39 in the third round.
- Light Middleweight bout:
Carlos Amado Molina vs.
Kermit Cintron
- Molina defeated Cintron via unanimous decision (98-92, 98-92, 98-92).
Preliminary card
- Lightweight bout:
José Javier Román vs.
Randy Arrellin
- Román defeated Arrellin via knockout at 2:07 in the first round.
- Featherweight bout:
Gabino Sáenz vs.
Quincy Wesby
- Sáenz defeated Wesby via knockout at 1:41 in the third round.
- Middleweight bout:
Matt Korobov vs.
Lester González Perez
- Korobov defeated Perez via unanimous decision (78-74, 78-74, 78-74).
- Welterweight bout:
Alonso Loeza vs.
Ricardo Malfavon
- Loeza and Malfavon fought to a majority draw (37-39, 38-38, 38-38).
- Light Heavyweight bout:
Mike Lee vs.
Michael Birthmark
- Lee defeated Birthmark via knockout at 2:56 in the third round.
- Super Featherweight bout:
Paul Fleming vs.
Juan Jose Beltran
- Fleming defeated Beltran via knockout at 0:52 in the first round.
- Lightweight bout:
Mercito Gesta vs.
Jorge Pimentel
- Gesta defeated Pimentel via knockout at 2:23 in the third round.
References
- ^ Doug Fischer (8 June 2011). "Rios-Antillon press conference is heated, but not as hot as the fight will be". Ring TV. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Brandon Rios - Raw & Uncut". Boxing - ESNews - Elie Seckbach - Mayweather - Pacquiao - Boxing News.
- ^ Doug Fischer (4 July 2011). "Unlike Klitschko-Haye, Rios-Antillon will deliver action". Ring TV. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011.
- ^ "Brandon Rios: Core Workout, Preparing For Antillon". Boxing - ESNews - Elie Seckbach - Mayweather - Pacquiao - Boxing News.
- ^ ringtv (8 June 2011). "Video: Rios-Antillon press conference, one-on-one interviews". Ring TV. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.
- ^ "News & latest headlines from AOL". AOL.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06.
- ^ "Max Boxing - News - What Drives Brandon Rios". Max Boxing.
- ^ "Max Boxing - Home". Max Boxing.