Antillon:
"I Paid my Dues, Now I Want My Shot."
March 25, 2009
Photo credit: Chris Farina/Top Rank
LOS ANGELES, March 25 – Unbeaten in 25
fights with 18 knockouts, and ranked in the top five by three of the
four major world sanctioning bodies, Maywood, California’s Urbano
Antillon has more than earned his right to a major fight on premium
cable television or for a world championship, yet the top names at 135
pounds continue to avoid him at every opportunity.
And the soft-spoken Antillon has had enough.
“I paid my dues,” said the 26-year old. “Now I want my shot. I keep
seeing fighter after fighter without my credentials getting these big
opportunities, and I’m tired of it. I’m putting out the word to the
public right now – I’ll fight any of these guys any place at any time,
and I will knock any of them out.”
A 2000 National Golden Gloves champion who beat former world titleholder
Paulie Malignaggi on the way to the crown, Antillon (25-0, 18 KOs) is
now in his ninth year as a pro and has torn through his competition,
winning the NABO and NABF titles at 130 pounds while scoring big
knockout victories over Bobby Pacquiao and Daniel Attah. Currently on an
eight fight KO streak, he has his sights firmly set on a world title in
2009.
“I’d love to fight the winner of the Edwin Valero vs Antonio Pitalua
fight, and I hope he’ll step up,” said Antillon of the April 4th bout
for the vacant WBC lightweight title. “I’m not holding my breath though.
We offered Vicente Escobedo a fight but he turned it down, and he’s just
one of many that won’t fight me. That’s okay though; I’m not going
anywhere, and I’m just gonna keep doing what I do and eventually I won’t
be able to be ignored any longer.”
Antillon returns to the ring on May 1st at The Joint at the Hard Rock
Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. He will headline the venue’s first-ever
boxing event against Michigan southpaw Tyrone “Fist of Fury” Harris.
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Ray Alcorta 213-949-0410 Source/PR
