Record: 12-0-1 (KO 8)

Class: Welterweight

Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio

Trainer: Jack Loew

Age: 21

 

Undefeated Cleveland prospect Willie Nelson (11-0, 7 KOs) made short work of Akron's Damon Antoine scoring a first round knockout on the undercard of the Kelly Pavlik fight Saturday, February 21.

In the welterweight bout scheduled for 6 rounds, Nelson, standing 6’ 3", towered over Antoine and started working his jab before a vicious left hook to the body ended the fight at 1:01.