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By Jake Donovan - Far too often, a fighter that develops a huge cult following is built up to the point where he’s bound for a major letdown once the rest of the world finally has a chance to sneak a peek.
Edwin Valero did everything in his power to make sure he lived up to the lofty press clippings for his Showtime-televised debut against Antonio DeMarco on Saturday evening.
The end result was perhaps the finest hour to date, scoring a dominant ninth-round stoppage of DeMarco on the road at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.
Both fighters weighed in at the lightweight limit of 135 pounds.
The bout was staged south of the border due to visa issues for Valero stemming from a DUI charge late last year denying the Venezuelan entrance into the United States.
It mattered little to Valero, who took note of the scouting report that had DeMarco as a deliberately slow starter and fought accordingily.
The preliminary plan seemed to be for DeMarco to force a deep fight by allowing Valero to empty his clip in the early rounds. Valero never quite took the bait, but still found the time to take advantage of DeMarco’s propensity for being a slow starter. The action offered by the Venezuelan came in a controlled sense, landing clean shots and wasting very few of them. [Click Here To Read More]
Edwin Valero did everything in his power to make sure he lived up to the lofty press clippings for his Showtime-televised debut against Antonio DeMarco on Saturday evening.
The end result was perhaps the finest hour to date, scoring a dominant ninth-round stoppage of DeMarco on the road at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.
Both fighters weighed in at the lightweight limit of 135 pounds.
The bout was staged south of the border due to visa issues for Valero stemming from a DUI charge late last year denying the Venezuelan entrance into the United States.
It mattered little to Valero, who took note of the scouting report that had DeMarco as a deliberately slow starter and fought accordingily.
The preliminary plan seemed to be for DeMarco to force a deep fight by allowing Valero to empty his clip in the early rounds. Valero never quite took the bait, but still found the time to take advantage of DeMarco’s propensity for being a slow starter. The action offered by the Venezuelan came in a controlled sense, landing clean shots and wasting very few of them. [Click Here To Read More]
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