A month after the proposed championship bout between WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26KO) and WBC interim lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17KO) was first mentioned, it seems that a host city has been found although it has not been officially announced.     “It is 95% a sure thing that the fight will [...]

Both Antonio Lozada Jr. and David De La Mora earned quick wins last Saturday night in Ciudad Obregon and kept their records intact on the under card of the Valdez-Cemeño championship bout. With a hard left hook to the body, “Cañitas” Lozada Jr. stopped Jesus Valenzuela in the first round in a jr. lightweight bout [...]

Last Saturday night in Caracas,Venezuela, perennial title contender Hector Velazquez of Tijuana’s Chetos Gym, succumbed to the power of WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero in his challenge for the green and gold belt.  Valero (26-0, 26KO) was in control for the majority of the contest as Velazquez (51-14-2, 35KO) did not answer the bell to [...]

Rumor has it that interim WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1, 17KO) of Tijuana, MX, by way of Los Mochis, will finally have his chance to challenge current WBC full fledged lightweight champion Edwin Valero (25-0, 25KO) as soon as February 6th, 2010.  Negotiations are in the works to bring the fight to either Guadalajara [...]

According to Francisco Salazar of FightNews.com, lightweight Marvin Quintero stopped Tyler Ziolowski in the second round of a scheduled eight round bout last Friday night in the under card of Showtime‘s ShoBox:The Next Generation telecast of Carson Jones’ stoppage of Tyrone Brunson at the Chumash Casino in Santa Ynez, CA. Quintero was too strong for [...]