By Mark Vester
In Caracas, Venezuela, WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26KOs) kept the knockout streak alive by battering Hector Velazquez (51-14-2, 35KOs) over six rounds to get a TKO win. Velazquez was unable to come out for the seventh round.
Valero was bleeding from the right eyebrow and his nose, both caused by accidental head clashes.
"Velazquez was tough. I hit him with some hard punches. Now we have a mandatory with DeMarco in February," Valero said in the aftermath.
Next up is a mandatory title defense against Antonio DeMarco on February 6 in Mexico. Showtime will televise that fight. If Valero is able to get past DeMarco, who holds the WBC's interm title, he says Top Rank is trying to place him on the Mayweather-Pacquiao undercard in Las Vegas.
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