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The all-time record for most consecutive first-round knockouts, Philadelphia junior middleweight Tyrone “Young Gun” Brunson (21-1-1, 20 KOs), has signed an exclusive promotional contract with Boxing 360. “We’re thrilled to add a talented knockout artist such as Tyrone to our growing stable of future champions,” Boxing 360 Founder and CEO …

Ex-WBO/WBC light welter champ Timothy Bradley successfully moved up to welter last night at Augua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA, handing Argentine slugger Luis Carlos Abregu his first career defeat. Bradley, 26-0 (11), pressured the visitor relentlessly, putting the pressure on from the start and simply outworked his South …

WBC Lightweight Champion Edwin Valero, in rehabilitation since March 28 of this year for alcohol, drug dependency and anger management issues, committed suicide by hanging himself by the neck from bed sheets in his jail cell in the early hours of Monday, April 19, 2010. He was arrested Sunday, April …

The talk and hype surrounding Edwin Valero has been less then flattering over the last two years, in fact other than the admission of Valero’s power, most of the time he is referenced as a one dimensional slugger with an untested chin who is going to fall hard when he …

In what was thought to be a very competitive test for WBC lightweight ruler Edwin Valero, the Venezuelan southpaw handled the challenge of fellow lefty Antonio DeMarco with style last night at The Arena in Monterrey, Mexico. DeMarco came into the bout having well defeated the trio of Jose Alfaro, …

A real matchup at lightweight takes place tonight at The Arena in Monterrey, Mexico as WBC titlist Edwin Valero meets the Interim WBC beltholder, Antonio DeMarco. Valero, 26-0 (26), needs no introduction as the reigning KO king of the sport. The 28 year old southpaw from Venezuela has finished off …

WBC lightweight champ Edwin Valero and WBC 135-pound interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco both weighed in at 135 pounds during Friday’s weigh in the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. The hard-hitting Valero will face the once-beaten DeMarco in the main event tonight on Showtime Championship Boxing on Showtime at 9 p.m. …

© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing The always-exciting Edwin Valero will defend his WBC lightweight title against undefeated, once-beaten WBC 135-pound interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco in the main event this Saturday, Feb. 6, on Showtime Championship Boxing on Showtime at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.

WBC interim lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco hit the bag, jumped rope and posed during a light workout Wednesday in Monterrey, Mexico while WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero taped his hands and vigorously worked the bag

One night before two-time world champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs) defends his WBC lightweight crown against WBC 135-pound interim titleholder Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs) in Monterrey, Mexico, on Showtime at 9 p.m . ET/PT, once-beaten Freddy “El Riel’’ Hernandez (27-1, 18 KOs), of Lynwood, Calif., will take on …

A winner of 12 in a row and unbeaten in his last 16 (15-0-1) dating to May 2006, WBC interim champion Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs) of Tijuana, Mexico, will challenge devastating Venezuelan and WBC lightweight belt-holder, Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs), in the main event this Saturday, Feb. 6, …

Showtime will present a fight card from Mexico for the first time in nearly 12 years when devastating, undefeated knockout artist and two-time world champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26 KOs), of Las Vegas, Nev., by way of Merida, Venezuela, defends his WBC lightweight crown against streaking, once-beaten WBC 135-pound interim …