Antonio Cervantes vs Aaron Pryor

Antonio Cervantes vs Alfonso Frazer

Antonio Cervantes vs Wilfred Benitez

"Antonio Cervantes of Columbia, the WBA junior welterweight champion, retained his title Saturday night by scoring a 15 round decision over Puerto Rican challenger Esteban Dejesus, the top-ranked challenger. Cervantes knocked Dejesus down three times during the fight, and the challenger was badly beaten towards the end. At the end of the bout Dejesus, bleeding from a cut over his left eyebrow, which was opened in the 5th round, was helped to his corner by the Venezuelan referee Isidro Rodriguez. Dejesus was barely able to stand up by himself toward the end of the fight." -Associated Press

Antonio Cervantes vs Esteban DeJesus

"Antonio Cervantes retained his WBA junior welterweight title with a TKO of Nicolino Locche of Argentina Saturday night. Locche, bleeding from a cut over the left eye, failed to come out for the 10h round. Cervantes dominated the fight at the Cesar Giron bullring from the outset with superior speed and punching power. Cervantes inflicted the cut over Locche's left eye in the 3rd round. Locche slowed down and could not get through to his taller opponent." -Associated Press

Antonio Cervantes vs Nicolino Locche II

"Junior welterweight titleholder Antonio (Kid Pambele) Cervantes, Columbia, successfully defended his crown by clearly outpointing Puerto Rican Josue Marquez in 15 rounds. Although the decision was announced as a split verdict when one of the judges scored it for Marquez, in the eyes of the over 9,000 fans present there was no doubt as to the winner. Marquez fought a defensive battle throughout, maintaining himself out of reach, backpedaling most of the time and fought only in brief spurts. He did surprise his opponent in the 3rd round by dropping him with a short left hook, which the imported Venezuelan referee judged a slip. Pambele made up for this by scoring a knockdown in the 15th when he was finally able to catch up to his evasive opponent." -Ring magazine, May 1973 issue

Antonio Cervantes vs Josue Marquez

Result: Locche won via unanimous decision.

Antonio Cervantes vs Aaron Pryor

Antonio Cervantes vs Alfonso Frazer

Antonio Cervantes vs Wilfred Benitez

Antonio Cervantes vs Esteban DeJesus

Antonio Cervantes vs Nicolino Locche II

Antonio Cervantes vs Josue Marquez

Nicolino Locche vs Antonio Cervantes

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