McCloskey hoping to get Marquez fight, but must beat Corley first on May 5th

Image: McCloskey hoping to get Marquez fight, but must beat Corley first on May 5thBy William Mackay: The judges giving junior welterweight champion Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) a gift 12 round decision over Breidis Prescott last September in McCloskey’s home city of Belfast, Northern Ireland seems to have done more harm than good, as the fight was so one-sided in Prescott’s favor that there has been precious few nibbles from big name light welterweights to want to travel to Belfast and find themselves potentially same boat as Prescott.

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McCloskey could get shot against Juan Manuel Marquez on July 14th

Image: McCloskey could get shot against Juan Manuel Marquez on July 14thBy William Mackay: #8 WBA light welterweight contender Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) has a shot at being picked out as the opponent of interim World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welterweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s) if the 32-year-old McCloskey can get by 37-year-old high level journeyman/fringe contender DeMarcus Corley (38-19-1, 22 KO’s) next month in their May 5th fight at the Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Paul McCloskey vs. DeMarcus Corley on May 5th

Image: Paul McCloskey vs. DeMarcus Corley on May 5thBy William Mackay: Light welterweight contender Paul McCloskey (23-1, 12 KO’s) will be facing 37-year-old journeyman DeMarcus Corley (38-19-1, 22 KO’s) on May 5th instead of Julio Diaz, because Diaz reportedly is having problems with the weight and would likely not be able to make 140 for this fight. Corley and McCloskey will be fighting at the King’s Hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Provodnikov defeats Corley, fails to impress

Image: Provodnikov defeats Corley, fails to impressBy Erik Thomas: In a rather unimpressive performance on Monday evening, No. 13 ranked light welterweight contender Ruslan Provonikov (20-1, 13 KO’s) defeated former WBO lightweight champion DeMarcus Corley (37-19-1, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision at the DIVS in Ekaterinburg, Russia, The final judges scores were 117-111, 119-110 and 118-111.

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Dulorme defeats Corley

By Mike Gamm: Twenty-one year old Puerto Rican prospect Thomas Dulorme (12- 0 10KO’s) moved up the ranks, and put on a show tonight on the co-feature of ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights. At the Roseland ballroom, New York tonight Thomas Dulorme out boxed and out skilled the former WBO Light-Welterweight Champion “chop chop” DeMarcus Corley (37- 18 22KO’s). Corley managed to steal one round of the whole fight with Dulorme dominating the veteran throughout the action scoring a knock down putting Corley to the floor in the third with a short left hook.

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Thomas Dulorme – DeMarcus Corley missmatch on June 10th

By Mike Gamm: Puerto Rican light welterweight knock out artist Thomas Dulorme (11- 0- 10KOs) will be facing ex World champion southpaw DeMarcus Corley (37- 17- 1- 22KO’s) in a 10 round bout at welterweight. The fight will take place in the Roseland Ballroom, New York, United States. At only the age of 21 this will be Dulorme’s third fight in the United States and is expecting his third knock out there as well.

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Matthysse vs. Corley this Friday

Image: Matthysse vs. Corley this FridayBy Sean McDaniel: Light welterweight contender Lucas Matthysse (27-1, 25 KO’s) faces journeyman DeMarcus Corley (37-15-1, 22 KO’s) on Friday night in a scheduled 10 round stay busy fight at the Polideportivo Vincente Polimeni, Las Heras, Mendoza, Argentina. This is an important fight for the 28-year-old Matthysse for a couple of reasons. First of all, it will provide Matthysse a good measuring stick to compare where he’s at in relations to fellow countryman Marcos Maidana, who struggled badly to defeat by a 12 round decision in August last year.

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Matthysse vs. Corley: Lucas in stay busy fight on January 21st

By Jim Dower: Light welterweight knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (27-1, 25 KO’s is getting back in action with a stay busy 10 round bout against 36-year-old DeMarcus Corley (37-15-1, 22 KO’s) at the Polideportivo Vincente Plimeni, Las Heras, Mendoza, Argentina. At one time in his career, the hard hitting southpaw Corley would have been trouble for anyone in boxing with his power and his southpaw stance. However, nowadays, Corley is nothing more than a gatekeeper and a name for fighters to test their skills on and add his name to their resume.

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Matthysse-Corley on 1/21: Lucas looking to get back on the winning track

By Michael Lieberman: Previously unbeaten light welterweight knockout artist Lucas Matthysse (27-1, 25 KO’s) was really jobbed in his last fight against Zab Judah in November, losing by a controversial 12 round split decision in Judah’s neck of the woods in Newark, New Jersey. Matthysse knocked Judah down in the 10th, and badly punished him from the 5th round on, yet was given the bad end of the stick in the defeat. On January 21st, Matthysse will face former World Boxing Organization (WBO) light welteweight champion DeMarcus Corley (37-15-1, 22 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the Polideportivo Cincente Polimeni, Las Heras, Mendoza, Argentina.

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