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Championship Boxing
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February 6, 2010
(FEB 6) – World Boxing Council (WBC)
lightweight champ Edwin Valero and WBC 135-pound interim titleholder
Antonio DeMarco both weighed in at 135 pounds during Friday’s weigh in
the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. The hard-hitting
Valero will face the once-beaten DeMarco in the main event this
Saturday, Feb. 6, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on SHOWTIME (9 p.m.
ET/PT, delayed on the west coast) from the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey,
Mexico.
Valero (26-0, 26 KOs), of Merida,
Venezuela, is a two-time champ who has knocked out 100 percent of his
opponents. He will be making the second defense of his WBC title against
Tijuana’s Demarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs).
In the 10-round co-feature, Luis Carlos
Abregu (28-0, 23 KOs), of Salta, Argentina will meet Richard Gutierrez
(24-3, 14 KO’s), of Miami, Florida, via Arjona, Colombia, in a
welterweight bout. Both Abregu and Gutierrez weighed in at the 147 pound
welterweight limit.
The event is promoted by Gary Shaw
Productions, LLC and will take place during the celebration of the
bicentennial of Mexico’s Independence. Published on WBAN. Soruce/PR
