Former WBC interim lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (24-2-1, 18KOs) or Tijuana, MX, made a successful comeback to the ring after his rather unsuccessful challenge for the full-fleged lightweight title of the late Edwin Valero last February in Monterrey, MX. Last Saturday DeMarco took on veteran Daniel Attah (24-6-1, 8KOs) of Nigeria in a scheduled ten round bout on the undercard of Bradley-Abregu at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, CA. After controlling the first round, DeMarco landed an overhand left cross which sent Attah down to the canvas. The former title contender beat the count but only to be met with a barrage of punches from DeMarco while his back was to the ropes. A series of uncontested devastating left hands prompted the referee Raul Caiz Jr. to stop the contest at the 2:30 mark of the second round. With the win, DeMarco hopes to get back into title contention by the end of the year.
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The former interim WBC lightweight champion Antonio DeMarco (23-2-1, 17KOs) of Tijuana, Mx, by way of Los Mochis, MX, returns to the ring tomorrow night on the undercard of Timothy Bradley versus Luis Abregu in Rancho Mirage, CA. The ten round bout against African Daniel Attah (24-5-1, 8KOs) will mark DeMarco’s return after coming up short in a title bout against the late Edwin Valero back in February.
Besides marking the return to the ring for DeMarco, the bout against Attah also gives the southpaw the opportunity to continue to be world ranked by the WBC. DeMarco is expecting for his gym mate Humberto “Zorrita” Soto to vacate the WBC title to earn another opportunity to dispute for the coveted green and gold strap. |
“This is a very important fight because I must show that I have fixed the problems I had with Valero,” DeMarco stated before traveling north. “That fight taught me a lot, it showed me that I have to prepare myself even better than before.”
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  PHOTO: RAFAEL SOTO GIL 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. “I tried to go toe-to-toe but Valero was intellingent. He deserved to win.” DeMarco mentioned that his trainer, Romulo Quirarte, wanted to stop the fight at the end of the eighth but that he begged for another chance. Once Quirarte saw that DeMarco couldn’t better his performance, he stopped the fight. “There is no excuses, Valero was the winner and there is nights when things don’t go your way,” DeMarco stated. “I promised my wife and daughter that I am going to be a world champion and this isn’t going to stop me. I have gotten up from worse.” |
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