News - Edwin Valero

Despite being in the middle of his intense preparation for his next bout against current WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs), interim WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs) is well aware of the comments that have been attributed to him that have caught the attention of the undefeated Venezuelan champion read more ...

WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero is back in training camp. He started back in camp on January 2, getting ready for his mandatory defense against interim-champion Antonio DeMarco on February 6 in Monterrey, Mexico. Valero just fought on December 19, stopping Hector Velazquez of Mexico. Valero is waiting for confirmation on the exact date on when he and his team will travel to Mexico for their final stage of training camp read more ...

The interim WBC lightweight champion, Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs) of Los Mochis, MX, began his training camp mid December in his adopted hometown of Tijuana, MX, for his challenge for the full fledged WBC title of Venezuela’s Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs) on February 6th in Monterrey, MX. “We had a good rest, we went home to Los Mochis and I visited my family. We got back and began training in mid December read more ...

WBC-interim lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco has gone through a career-turning year in 2009. He is now set to fight the full WBC champion Edwin Valero on February 6 in Mexico. Valero is one of the most dangerous punchers in the sport. All 26 of his 26 wins have come by knockout. Most of the knockouts have come in the first round read more ...

WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs) retained his title by sixth round TKO against Héctor Velázquez (51-14-2, 35 KOs) on Saturday night at the Polideportivo Jose Maria Vargas in La Guaira, Caracas, Venezuela. Velázquez did not come out for the seventh round. Valero suffered a cut on the bridge of the nose, but that isn’t expected to cause any problems with his scheduled February 6th fight against Antonio DeMarco in Mexico read more ...

Former champion Jorge Barrios returned for the first time in nearly a year, winning an easy twelve round decision over Moises Castro in a lightweight bout on Saturday night at the Polideportivo Carlos Cerutti in Cordoba, Argentina. Barrios refuses to forget about his grudge with WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero read more ...

The possibility exists that current WBC super featherweight world champion Humberto Soto of Mexico could move up to face Venezuelan superstar Edwin Valero for the WBC lightweight title on November 14th in Las Vegas. The clash would be part of the huge megacard headlined by Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto read more ...

According to numerous reports in Mexico, the upoming battle of lightweight contenders, Antonio DeMarco (21-1, 15KOs) vs. Anges Adjaho (25-1, 14KOs), has been set as a mandatory WBC eliminator. The winner will get a crack at the knockout artist himself, WBC champion Edwin Valero read more ...

“I delivered” and “I’m ready for anyone” were the two statements issued, both, verbally and fistically, last night by newly-crowned WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (25-0, 25 KOs) at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. “This is a new beginning for me,” said Valero, who had little problem giving top contender Antonio Pitalua (46-4, 40 KOs) his first loss in eight years, after flooring him three times in round two read more ...

Unbeaten KO artist Edwin Valero (25-0, 25 KOs) claimed the vacant WBC lightweight title with a spectacular second round annihilation of Antonio Pitalua (46-4, 40 KOs) on Saturday night at the Frank Erwin Center, in Austin, Texas. After a quiet first round, Valero dropped Pitalua three times in round two before referee Laurence Cole ended it at the :49 mark. Valero, who previously held the WBA super featherweight title read more ...