Urbano Antillón

Urbano Antillón (born September 5, 1982) is an American former professional boxer. He challenged twice for a lightweight world title, and held the WBO–NABO and NABF super featherweight titles.

Urbano Antillón
Statistics
Weight(s)Super featherweight
Lightweight
Height5 ft 7+1⁄2 in (171 cm)
Reach69 in (175 cm)
Born (1982-09-05) September 5, 1982
Maywood, California, U.S.[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights32
Wins29
Wins by KO21
Losses3

Early life

Antillón was born to Urbano and Amelia Antillon and is the youngest of four children. He was born and raised in Maywood, California.[1]

Amateur career

Antillón became active in karate and boxing at a young age, choosing boxing as his career choice. To this day, Antillón still trains at the Maywood Boxing Club, in Maywood, California.

After 40 amateur fights, Urbano decided to turned pro at the age of eighteen, under the tutelage of trainer Rudy Hernandez. In 2005, Antillón was signed by Top Rank, the boxing promotion company founded by Bob Arum.[2]

Professional career

Defeating the likes of Daniel Attah, Bobby Pacquiao in the first round, Fernando Trejo, Roque Cassiani, José Luis Soto Karass and Ivan Valle. Antillón has won two regional titles, WBO NABO and NABF in the Super Featherweight division.

WBA Lightweight title

In July 2009, Antillón the pride of Maywood California, fought Miguel Acosta for the interim WBA Lightweight Championship. Antillon was upset in the bout, being knocked out in the 9th round with an uppercut.[3]

WBC Lightweight title

On December 4, 2010, Urbano lost to WBC Lightweight Champion Humberto Soto at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.[4]

WBA Lightweight title
Main article: Brandon Ríos vs. Urbano Antillón

In his next bout Antillón lost to undefeated WBA Lightweight Champion, Brandon Ríos.[5][6]

References
  1. "Urbano Antillon: Team is Ready!". MyBoxingFans - Boxing News. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  2. Archived March 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Doug Fischer (22 July 2009). "Antillon closes in on title fight thanks to hard work". Ring TV. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  4. "Sports News & latest headlines from AOL". AOL.com. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  5. "Max Boxing - Home". Max Boxing. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  6. "Max Boxing - Home". Max Boxing. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
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