Brandon Rios (27-0-1, 20 KOs), who claimed a title in a rousing slugfest and comeback 10th-round knockout victory of Miguel Acosta on Feb. 26, is being lined up to make his first defense against Urbano Antillon on July 9 in a Showtime main event.
Humerto Soto-Antillon II was supposed to take place on the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley undercard May 7 but Soto pulled out and left Top Rank after allegations that he is owed more than $1.2 million . So Top Rank decided to offer Antillon a shot at Rios.
Kermit Cintron, a former welterweight titlist who recently signed with Top Rank will fight in the televised undercard in his first bout since his aborted fight against Paul Williams. In that fight, Cintron fell out of the ring and did not continue, resulting in a fourth-round technical decision loss.
Source ESPN.
Great fight to make since Soto left, looks to be an interesting fight that I see Bam Bam winning.
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