Edwin Valero Boxing News

By Jim Dower: According to the LA Times, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s promotional team Top Rank is looking to put Pacquiao in with one of the following fighters in his next fight: Edwin Valero, Antonio Margarito or Juan Manuel Marquez. They also have mild hope that undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. will come [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) is eyeing fights against undefeated World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s), Juan Manuel Marquez and Michael Katsidis, according to Boxing News. Diaz, 26, says “If Valero wants me, I’ll take it. If Katsidis wants me, I’ll take it. My [...]

By Eric Thomas: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) will be moving up in weight and facing light welterweight contender Lamont Peterson (27-1, 13 KO”s) in either June or July, according to Boxing Fanhouse. Both Valero and Bradley fight for Top Rank, so putting this fight together shouldn’t be too much [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Boxing great Barry McGuigan says he thinks that WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero should get out of boxing before he gets hurt. In an article at the Mirror, McGuigan thinks that Valero is putting himself at risk by fighting after sustaining a fractured skull as well as a blood clot on the [...]

By Alexander Fugate: Many in the mainstream media have been insisting for years that boxing is dead. Nothing could be further from the truth. They point to the popularity of UFC and say it’s taken over boxing. That’s interesting considering in the last UFC PPV, UFC 109, the headliner Randy Couture got a whopping $250,000 [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) is already looking ahead after taking apart WBC lightweight interim champion Antonio DeMarco in a stoppage after the 9th round on February 6th in Monterey, Mexico. Valero, 28, wants to fight former lightweight champion Juan Diaz, according to Fight News. Valero also [...]

By Sean McDaniel: If you look at all the attention that has been made of World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) since his knockout win last week against Antonio DeMarco, it’s pretty clear that it’s only a matter of time before he’s matched up with WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao. What [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) has been given the designation of the “champion in recess” by the WBC, says President Jose Sulaiman. The reason for this designation is twofold: First of all, Valero, 28, suffered a bad cut on his forehead in the 2nd round after catching [...]

From the office of WBC President José Sulaiman:
WBC lightweight world champion Edwin Valero has great plans for the future.
Valero had a conversation with WBC President Jose Sulaiman in which President Sulaiman [...]

By Stephen Tannock: So Edwin Valero kept his perfect record together on Saturday against Antonio Demarco. Is Valero boxing’s messiah? By that I mean is he the only man who can beat the top ten at the minute. On one hand, his record is awesome – 27 wins, 27 Ko’s. Is he in the top [...]

By Jason Kim: According to the latest boxing news gossip, lightweight knockout artist Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) could be facing WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley on June 5th on Showtime. This is a fight, if it happens at all, which will be taking place at light welterweight rather than lightweight. Valero, 28, wants [...]

By Jim Dower: After learning that undefeated lightweight Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) was interested in fighting him, World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley answered in the affirmative, saying “Let’s get it on! Let’s make the fight happen.” Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) is considered to be the best fighter in the light [...]

By Jason Kim: WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) looked much improved in taking out Antonio DeMarco last Saturday night compared to his performance in December against Hector Velazquez. Most notably, Valero looked good on defense and was hit a lot less than he had in his last fight. But one has to [...]

By Dave Lahr: Okay, so WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) already has a better record than Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO’s) after only eight years as a pro.
Pacquiao has been fighting for 15 years now in the pro ranks and has tasted the bitter feels of defeats three times already, including [...]

By Esteban Garduno: WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) showed me that he’s the real deal in dispatching the tough Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s) after 9 rounds Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. Valero reduced DeMarco, a big puncher in his own right, into a timid lamb as he clubbed him into quitting [...]

By Jim Dower: According to Boxing Fanhouse World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) could be facing WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (25-0, 11 KO’s) next. Apparently, Valero’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank is interested in pitting knockout artist Valero with Bradley in his next fight, saying “We’re going to [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) looked superb on Saturday night taking out WBC lightweight interim champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s) just after the 9th round had ended. A battered and tired DeMarco, 24, retired on his stool after the 9th round had ended. After the fight, [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the main event on Showtime Championship Boxing, knockout artist Edwin Valero defended his World Boxing Council lightweight belt against interim champ Antonio DeMarco in a scheduled 12 round bout in the lightweight division.
At the opening bell both men start out cautiously testing their opponent, DeMarco lands a solid right jab that [...]

By Peter Wells: Now we know that 2010 is kicking off with the knockout artist Edwin Valero carrying on his 100% knockout record. After 2 weeks ago where Yuriorkis Gamboa brilliantly destroyed Rogers Mtagwa in 2 rounds and Lopez stopped Steven Luevano in a much less exciting fight, now we are really getting into it [...]

MONTERREY, Mexico (Feb. 7, 2010) – In a sterling performance, Edwin Valero of Venezuela improved to 27-0 with 27 knockouts and retained the World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title with a dominant ninth-round TKO over WBC interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1, 17 KOs) of Tijuana, Mex., Saturday in the main event on SHOWTIME [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KOs) had little problems with WBC interim lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1, 17 KOs) tonight, wearing him down with monstrous shots and stopping him in the 9th round at the the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. DeMarco tried trading shots with the powerful Valero in [...]

Boxing results from the Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico:
Marvin Quintero TKO 2 Luis Gonzalez
Juan Pablo Lopez TKO 5 Leonardo Resendiz

By Sean McDaniel: Tonight’s lightweight title bout between World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KO’s) and WBC lightweight interim champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s) is sure to have fireworks for as long as it lasts at the Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. For Valero, 28, this is going to be [...]

by Jason Kim: on Saturday night, World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KO’s) will be attempting to keep his perfect knockout string alive when he faces Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s) in a title fight at the Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. For many boxing fans in the United States, this [...]

The always-exciting Edwin Valero will defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight title against undefeated, once-beaten WBC 135-pound interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco in the main event this Saturday, Feb. 6, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).

Photo: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME – By Esteban Garduno: I really think lightweight Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s) is a superb fighter and someone to watch in the future as he gets older and moves up in weight, but as far as this Saturday’s bout with World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KO’s) goes, [...]

NEW YORK (Feb. 2, 2010) — A winner of 12 in a row and unbeaten in his last 16 (15-0-1) dating to May 2006, World Boxing Council interim champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico, will challenge devastating Venezuelan and WBC lightweight belt-holder, Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs), in the main event this [...]

By Esteban Garduno: I almost feel sorry for World Boxing Council interim lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s), because he has the bad luck of facing WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KO’s), who may be the most purest puncher in all of boxing right now. DeMarco, 24, really has his hands full [...]

SHOWTIME Sports® will present a fight card from Mexico for the first time in nearly 12 years when devastating, undefeated knockout artist and two-time world champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs), of Las Vegas, Nev., by way of Merida, Venezuela, defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight crown against streaking, once-beaten WBC 135-pound interim titleholder [...]

By Sean McDaniel: On February 6th, World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KO’s) will be putting his perfect knockout record on the line against WBC interim champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO’s) in a 12 round title bout at the Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Valero, 28, will be giving up [...]