On July 9, 2011, Brandon Ríos (27-0-1, 20 KOs), the lightweight WBA champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Urbano Antillon (28-2, 20 KOs).
Brandon Ríos is coming in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Miguel Acosta, 4 months and 13 days ago. Urbano Antillon is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Humberto Soto, 7 months and 5 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Brandon Ríos at 99-1 winning odds. Urbano Antillon really doesn't have much to present against Ríos.
Brandon Ríos made easy work of Urbano Antillón, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Ríos improves his record to 28-0-1 (21 KOs), while Antillon adds a loss to his record at 28-3.