Former contender Escalante stages quiet return
Story and photos by Chris Cozzone
“When you’re at the top, everyone’s with you,” the words pop out of former No. 1 Contender Antonio Escalante like jabs on a double-end bag.
“But when you’re down, they’re gone.”
Losing the excess baggage – hangers-on – might not be a bad thing for the border battler who came so close to a title shot, so close to being the first world champion El Paso has ever had, that he could taste it . . . Click here for more



