By Ryan Maquiñana at ringsideMaxBoxing.com
CARSON, CA – Brandon Rios wasn’t going to take no for an answer.
In a splendid scrap that had “Fight of the Year” written all over it had it lasted longer, “Bam Bam” successfully defended his WBA lightweight title for the first time by flooring Southern California rival Urbano Antillon twice in a dynamic third-round stoppage.
“I said before this fight would come down to who could take a punch best. I was that guy. I knew I was going to win because I was younger and stronger,” said the 25-year-old Rios, whose hellacious pressure helped him run his record up to 28-0-1 (21). “I’ll fight anyone at 135. Give me all the big names. I want them all!”
Asked whom he’d like to encounter next in Spanish by TV Azteca ringside interviewer Marco Antonio Barrera, Rios looked right at him and asked, “Well?”
The future Hall-of-Famer replied, “You’ve improved a lot!”
Antillon descends to 28-3 (20).
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