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Bloody Edwin Valero Stops Hometown Favorite Antonio DeMarco in Mexico
A bloodied Edwin Valero of Venezuela retained his WBC lightweight belt Saturday night by defeating hometown favorite Antonio DeMarco of Mexico to stay undefeated. Seeing his bloodied face you would think he was on the short ends of the ropes but it was the exact opposite.
Valero put on one of the best displays of boxing I have seen from a young boxer in a while with the way he dominated DeMarco with ease throughout the fight. He was the aggressor throughout the fight as he virtually outpunched and outboxed DeMarco in every round of the fight.
When DeMarco’s corner finally stopped the fight after the ninth round beating he had taken Valero was up on all three judge’s scorecards by eight points 79-72. Valero suffered the gash of blood on his forehead in the second round, which came from an elbow from DeMarco that was ruled accidental.
It was a very dominant and impressive win for Valero with a worldwide audience of boxing fans like me watching on Showtime’s Championship Boxing. His defense was real great to as he made DeMarco look like a stiff as he virtually landed nothing throughout the fight.
The announcers said they liked Valero to a younger Manny Pacquiao but with a little better defense and jab. This is something I agree with myself from watching the fight. So it’s even more interesting that Valero in the post fight said he would like to fight Pacquiao.
“That’s the fight the world wants to see,” Valero said.
I myself think it could be a good fight from the way Valero fought. But not right away it would probably be something he should explore after he has a couple more big type fights like this that he displayed Saturday night in Mexico against DeMarco.
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