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 two draws. Valero has a perfect record of 27-0 with 27 knockouts. You can’t get any better than that, can you?
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 on his stool after the 9th round had ended. In that beating that Valero showed that he may be the next big boxing star in the sport and is ready for bigger hurdles like WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.
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 look to see if we can make him and a Timothy Bradley fight.” Valero stopped lightweight Antonio DeMarco in a 10th round retirement on Saturday night in their WBC title fight at the Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
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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, Valero, speaking of WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, said “That’s the fight the world wants to see.”
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 draws blood on the face of Valero who himself lands a jab to the face of DeMarco.
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 now. This weekend has been far from poor, Friday night saw Glen Johnson destroy Yusuf Mack in 6 and last night also saw Tomasz Adamek take one step closer to a Heavyweight title shot.
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 his first exposure to many boxing fans. Before tonight, most fans only chances to get a glimpse of the knockout artist Valero was on Youtube where there are a number of Valero’s many 1st round knockout fights.
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 will be the first time that they will be the first time that they’ve seen Valero.
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, I think DeMarco is going to literally get blown out of the water and wind up staring at the lights. I just hope he’s not blinded by them, because I see there as being little chance that DeMarco gets out of this fight on his feet.
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 this Saturday night with the big punching Valero when they meet up in a 12 round championship bout at the Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.