Boxing superstar Edwin Valero was in rude form last night at Polideportivo Jose Maria Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela, rocking the house during his first defense of the WBC lightweight crown. Mexican veteran Hector Velazquez came into the bout sporting an iron chin and long experience against some of the best lighter weight men of…
The hardest punching boxer on the planet returns to the ring tonight at Polideportivo Jose Maria Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela as Edwin Valero defends his WBC lightweight title. The occasion marks the first time in almost four years that the southpaw will fight in his native country and Valero meets experienced Mexican super feather…
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 crown and was going up…
© 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 round and won the WBA…
© 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 135 pounds continue to avoid…
Former world champion Julio Diaz will now square off against Oxnard, California’s Rolando Reyes, who agreed to fight Diaz on the April 4 “Lightweight Lightning” card at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas after Joel Casamayor was forced to withdraw from the bout last week due to an acute lumbar spine sprain that will…
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 re-arrange the hierarchy of the…
On June 28, 2008, Pacquiao defeated with ease the reigning WBC Lightweight Champion David Diaz. It was a fight that most reporters saw as a clinic for Pacquiao, who dominated the entire bout. Diaz was mangled and could not go on past the ninth round. And so, the question that many are asking is: what…
WBA Super Feather kingpin Edwin Valero and WBC Bantamweight Champion Hozumi Hasegawa were in action at the Nihon Budokan in Tokyo on Thursday night and both retained their titles. Valero, 24-0 (24), kept his magnificent knockout streak alive with a seventh round pasting of former Japanese Lightweight titlist Takehiro Shimada, 22-4-1 (15). Shimada used his…