Antonio DeMarco dominates Jose Alfaro, stops him in 10
by Scott Christ on Oct 31, 2009 10:02 PM EDT
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Antonio DeMarco won the interim WBC lightweight title tonight in Las Vegas, dominating Jose Alfaro and stopping the Nicaraguan in the 10th round after two knockdowns and Alfaro taking a final knee. Referee Joe Cortez waved the fight off at that point.
It was a pretty masterful performance for the 23-year old DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KO), who is now in line to face the monster punching full WBC titlist, Edwin Valero. His win was no surprise, as he was the favorite, but Alfaro (23-5, 20 KO) was barely in the fight at all.
Valero-DeMarco probably isn't likely to happen any time soon, but DeMarco is really showing a ton of promise. He's strong, he's fighting smarter and smarter, and he's very young. He's got some good wins over solid opponents already and is knocking on the door at 135 pounds.
Bad Left Hook had it 89-82 for DeMarco at the time of stoppage. That was the same score on two of the three official scores, with the third card at 90-81.
On the untelevised undercard in Vegas, Ray Austin stopped DaVarryl Williamson in four. Our live thread is continuing for the 118-pound title fight in the main event between Joseph Agbeko and Yonnhy Perez. Join us!
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if he can continue to improve fighting backwards
He actually has a shot of beating Valero. He would have a massive reach advantage, and I still think that Valero is very beatable by someone who can keep him off the end of his jab. The only two decent fighters he’s faced, Mosquera and afro puff, have nonexistant jabs, and that was by design IMO. To some he looks like an unstoppable force, but I think the right kind of fighter could make him look just plain silly, like Nonito did at times to Darchinyan. I just don’t know if that fighter currently exists at lightweight though.
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by Brickhaus on Nov 1, 2009 12:00 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
The only thing shocking about this fight
Was DeMarco’s GF. Seriously looked like she was pushing 12 or 13….maybe.
She looked young, but he’s only 23 and is still babyfaced himself. No reason she couldn’t be 19 or 20, or perhaps older than that and just young-looking.
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