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Edwin Valero continued the most impressive KO streak in boxing last night at the Frank Erwin Centre in Austin, Texas, moving to to lightweight and stopping heavy-handed Colombian danger man Antonio Pitalua to win the vacant WBC title. The Venezuelan southpaw had made four defenses of the WBA Super Feather …

© John Rivera Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions The American debut of boxing’s top slugger at any weight, Edwin “El Inca” Valero, headlines a big show tonight at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Venezuelan southpaw Valero, 24-0 (24), knocked out his first 18 opponents in the very first …

© John Rivera Hoganphotos / Golden Boy Promotions 12 rounds, vacant WBC Lightweight title Edwin Valero: 134.5 lb Antonio Pitalua: 135 lb

Unbeaten in 25 fights with 18 knockouts, and ranked in the top five by three of the four major world sanctioning bodies, Maywood, California’s Urbano Antillon has more than earned his right to a major fight on premium cable television or for a world championship, yet the top names at …

The talent rich lightweight division will be on center stage at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas on Saturday, April 4, as Golden Boy Promotions presents “Lightweight Lightning.” The bill is an unprecedented pay-per-view event that will feature eight elite 135 pounders in four pivotal match-ups that will undoubtedly …

38 year old Colombian slugger Antonio Pitalua showed a stunning return to form last night at Arena Coliseo in Monterrey as the Mexico City based veteran knocked out former WBC interim champion Jose Armando Santa Cruz to win a WBC Lightweight title eliminator. At 5 foot 10, Santa Cruz towered …

Lots of action south of the border this weekend and we start with a big show at Palacios de los Desportes in Mexico City where Edgar Sosa retained his WBC Light Flyweight title for the fifth time by stopping southpaw Takashi Kunishige in the eighth round on Saturday night. Kunishige, …