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DeMarco Offers No Excuses!

Former interim WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1, 17KO) offered no excuses once he touched down in his hometown of Tijuana, MX, Sunday afternoon, for his loss against the now full-fledged WBC king Edwin Valero (27-0, 27KO) last Saturday night in Monterrey, MX. "I don't have an exact response to what happened because I don't know. I can't explain why my body didn't respond," DeMarco said. "I do admit that in front of me I had a great champion, there is nothing to discuss." " At one point of the fight, I could't execute our game plan," the 24-year-old DeMarco added. ...

Mercito Gesta Ready to Shine!

Filipino lightweight sensation Mercito "No Mercy" Gesta (16-0-1, 7KO) returns to the ring after a short hiatus as he faces tough journeyman Jaime Orrantia (12-26-5, 4KO) of Lakeside, CA, on Thursday, February 25th at the Four Points Sheraton in San Diego,CA. "I'm excited. It's been a long time since I fought," the 22-year-old said. "I am ready to do what I have been doing before, get in and get out, but with out under estimating my opponent." In his last fight in July of '09, the Don Chargin promoted Gesta stopped Devarise Crayton in three rounds and two months earlier, he ...

DeMarco Comes up Short, Quintero and Lopez Win in Monterrey!

[caption id="attachment_2544" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Photo by Tom Casino/SHOWTIME"][/caption] In front of nearly 8,000 mainly hostile fight fans, lightweight king Edwin “Inca” Valero (27-0, 27 KOs) of Merida, Venezuela, kept his WBC lightweight crown, as well as his KO streak, intact as he stopped former interim WBC champ Antonio “Tony” DeMarco (23-2-1, 17 KOs) at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico in a much-anticipated 12-round championship fight. Despite bleeding early from a punch from an accidental elbow, Valero was able to control the action with a frenzied attack, which prevented the 24-year-old DeMarco from setting up his own offensive. Valero was in command ...

Weights from Monterrey, MX!

The scales have been tipped inside the impressive Arena Monterrey for Saturday night's WBC lightweight championship bout between champion Edwin Valero (26-0, 26KO) of Venezuela and Tijuana's Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17KO). On the undercard, Marvin Quintero (18-2, 14KO) and Juan Pablo "CheChe" Lopez (14-0, 13KO), both of Tijuana, will also be making an appearance. Edwin Valero 135lbs vs. Antonio DeMarco 135 lbs. Luis Carlos Abregu 147lbs. vs. Richard Gutierrez 147lbs. Marvin Quintero 136lbs. vs. Luis Gonzalez 132lbs. Michel Rosales 148lbs. vs. Orlando Escobar 148lbs. Michael Medina 154lbs. vs. Roberto Valenzuela 154lbs. Jose Luis Zertuche 163lbs. vs. Jesus Arras 161lbs Arely Mucino 114lbs. vs. Anahi Torres 110lbs. Juan Pablo ...

In the Squared Circle: The “Real Deal!”

It is always a pleasure to watch a prize fight with fans that enjoy the sweet science as much as you do. Most of the time, when somebody is as crazy as I am and devote so much time to the sport where two grown men in satin shorts fight for a purse, you end up being the in-house "expert" of the bunch and are relegated to question after question about the random idiosyncracies of the fighters, corners, judges and referee. When you watch the fight with people who are as insane as you, then you discuss footwork, combinations and ...