By Scott Gilfoid: Putting on a beautiful display of power punching, Adrien Broner (25-0, 21 KO’s) stopped WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (28-3-1, 21 KO’s) in the 8th round tonight to claim his World Boxing Council 135 pound title at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Fight with a sense of calm, Broner knocked DeMarco down with a picture perfect left hook to the jaw in the 8th. DeMarco’s corner new better than to let the fight continue, so they motioned to the referee that they wanted the fight stopped.
Broner started to really tee off on DeMarco in the 4th and 5th rounds after a feeling out period during the first three rounds. I thought DeMarco fought Broner at a standstill in the first three rounds but only because Broner wasn’t throwing a lot of punches. However, Broner warmed up in the 4th and was thrashing DeMarco with huge power shots to the head and body.