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Atlanta Middleweight Antonio Todd Jr. Riding High After
Upsetting WBC No. 10 Rated Hugo Centeno
Last Saturday night in Detroit, Atlanta middleweight Antonio
Todd, Jr. registered his career-defining victory, upsetting
World Boxing Council (WBC) No. 10-rated Hugo “The Boss”
Centeno, Jr. by way of a 10-round majority decision in the
main event.
The 27-year-old Todd, fighting out of Atlanta, won on two of
the three judges’ scorecards, 97-93 and 96-94, as the other
had it a 95-95 draw. More impressive was Todd defeating a
fighter who is under contract to the event promoter, Dmitriy
Salita.
“It was the biggest win of my career, thus far,” Todd said.
“It means a lot for my career in terms of taking me to the
next level. I feel that I won the fight by unanimous
decision and, if he hadn’t started moving around, I could
have stopped him. But this is boxing, you need to take
chances to be great.
“I want to fight anybody, anybody in the 160-pound division,
fighting bigger names on television. I’m ready now! I think
real fighters or those confident in their skills will be the
guys who step up. We do have a couple names in mind.”
Todd is promoted by rising New England-based Granite Chin
Promotions, owned, and operated by Chris Traietti.
“The way Antonio handled himself throughout the whole
process leading up to the Centano fight is a testament to
his character and drive,” Traietti commented. “At first, the
fight was on, then off, then back on again. Then, Centeno
was over the weight limit. Despite all of this, Antonio and
his trainer, Lionel Harris, just stayed focused on the
fighting part of all this, leaving the behind-the-scenes
stuff to me, and he delivered a career-defining performance.
For 10 rounds he brought pressure, used his world-class jab,
and pulled off a beautiful complete win.”
Todd concluded, “I love being promoted by Chris. It’s great
being part of his Granite Chin team and him being part of my
team.”
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