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Ringside by Chris Cozzone and Gerardo Martinez
What was supposed to be a sure-win, keep-busy bout for border king Antonio Escalante nearly turned into a royal usurping at the hands of cross-border rival Miguel “Micky” Roman, Friday night at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas.
Waiting for his shot at a world title, Escalante, rated from No. 1 to No. 5 between three ABCs and two divisions, had promised to do a bit of “housekeeping” by taking on Juarez’s Roman. The expected clean sweep for Escalante turned into a desperate struggle for survival that, for ten non-stop rounds, had the packed house of 5,800 cheering both fighters in their borderland classic that will, no doubt, be a “Fight of the Year” candidate . . . Click here for more
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