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By Cliff Rold - He can punch.
And, hell yes, he can fight.
With a litany of opposition which for the most could not bring the full range of his qualities to the surface, questions were rightly raised about just how much more than a puncher WBC Lightweight titlist Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO) could be.
The evidence on Saturday night suggested he could be much more.
It was hard to gauge where Valero was in his only other serious set up fights. Vicente Mosquera was a good fighter when Valero won the WBA belt at 130 lbs., even came off the floor in the first to drop Valero, but he didn’t have enough firepower to close. Antonio Pitalua, a solid veteran whom Valero knocked out to win his Lightweight diadem last year, got run over before a fight could break out.
Antonio DeMarco, younger and skillful, looked like as good a man as any to get a more meaningful read on the Venezuelan YouTube sensation. DeMarco did just that, to his detriment. [Click Here To Read More]
And, hell yes, he can fight.
With a litany of opposition which for the most could not bring the full range of his qualities to the surface, questions were rightly raised about just how much more than a puncher WBC Lightweight titlist Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO) could be.
The evidence on Saturday night suggested he could be much more.
It was hard to gauge where Valero was in his only other serious set up fights. Vicente Mosquera was a good fighter when Valero won the WBA belt at 130 lbs., even came off the floor in the first to drop Valero, but he didn’t have enough firepower to close. Antonio Pitalua, a solid veteran whom Valero knocked out to win his Lightweight diadem last year, got run over before a fight could break out.
Antonio DeMarco, younger and skillful, looked like as good a man as any to get a more meaningful read on the Venezuelan YouTube sensation. DeMarco did just that, to his detriment. [Click Here To Read More]
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