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Antonio Marcilla (age 23) was a orthodox boxer with a record of 27 wins, 8 losses, 2 draws. Starting his career on July 1957 at age 23, Antonio Marcilla fought 37 times over 6 years as a pro. Marcilla's longest KO streak is 6 fights long out of his 37 pro career fights.
A calm Marcilla made the statement he was hoping for in a 6 round fight against Alfredo Paz. Claiming the only stoppage defeat of Paz's career in round 1 of the fight via KO. Following on from his debut, Marcilla continued his mostly successful career by fighting in a further 20 fights. In this time he fought Willie Westbrook, Tommy Maddox and Jerry Jordan to name just a few, fighting 3 times in 1957 and 7 times in 1959 in this period.
Dario Martinez was next in line for Marcilla where unfortunately, he was defeated on September 1st, 1957 taking his record to 2-1-0. Marcilla was beaten by Dario Martinez in the 2nd round. The win came via KO in the 2nd round. 18 wins followed where Marcilla went on to be the 3rd person to go the distance with Smiley jack Packer, 5th person to go the distance with Jerry Jordan and 4th person to stop Tommy Maddox.
Marcilla kept his losses at 1 by beating Eddie Lynch on November 20th, 1959. Lynch was a worthy challenger but Marcilla was too much and became the first person to stop Lynch via KO during round 3.
On December 9th, 1959, Marcilla took on and was defeated by Cecil Shorts meaning his career tally went to 21-2-1. Marcilla was stopped by Cecil Shorts in the 6th round of a 8 round fight via KO. It was Marcilla's 2nd stoppage defeat in his career.
Marcilla kept his losses at 2 by beating Eddie Jordan on January 29th, 1960. Marcilla showed his superior boxing skills to become the first person to beat Jordan. The judges scored the bout in favour of Marcilla by PTS over the full 10 rounds.
Marcilla lost to Joe Reynolds in his next fight. Taking place on March 20th, 1961, Marcilla's career record after this fight stood at 25-5-1. Marcilla was stopped by Joe Reynolds in the 1st round of a 8 round fight via KO. It was Marcilla's 3rd stoppage defeat in his career.
Taking another knock in his career, Marcilla fought Vince Shomo on October 29th, 1963 and was defeated by Shomo. This was a disappointing end to Marcilla's career, losing to the better man in Shomo over a 8 round fight. This was the last time Marcilla fought.