Maurice Brantley is a professional boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 division.

Pro career

Early in his career Maurice upset the veteran Reggie Strickland

Reggie Strickland

Reggie Strickland is a retired American journeyman boxer, who fought 363 times during his career. He had more known losses than any boxer in history ....

 by a six round decision.

WBO NABO Middleweight Championship

In he's first effort at a World Championship he would lose to champion Brian Barbosa in Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York, the fight was televised on HBO.

On October 17, 2003 Brantley knocked out by three-time World Champion, American

United States

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 Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito

Antonio Margarito Montiel is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former WBA, WBO, & IBF welterweight champion...

 and the bout was a the main event on a TeleFutura

TeleFutura

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fight card.

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