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WBC Champ Vitaly Tajbert Decisions Hector Velazquez

By Lem SatterfieldMay 22nd 2010 – 7:32PM

Germany's 27-year-old, former interim king, Vitaly Tajbert, of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, retained his WBC super featherweight (130 pounds) title with Saturday's unanimous, ninth-round, technical decision over Hector Velazquez of Mex., before a partisan crowd at Stadthalle, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Referee...

Edwin Valero Wants to be Among Boxing's Top 10

By Lem SatterfieldFeb 1st 2010 – 8:59PM

Doug Fischer witnessed something during a sparring session involving hard-punching Edwin Valero that he hadn't seen even the great Manny Pacquiao do."Valero knocks guys out with head shots in sparring. That's very rare. I saw him knock out Urbano Antillon wearing 18-ounce gloves, and Antillon is a lightweight contender who...

Q&A With WBC Champ Edwin Valero -- 26-0, With 26 KOs

By Lem SatterfieldJan 31st 2010 – 10:43PM

He is nicknamed "Dinamita," or Dynamite, and Edwin Valero has indeed displayed two-fisted power throughout his professional boxing career.On Saturday, Feb. 6, in Monterrey, Mexico, the Venezuelan-born, WBC lightweight champion will pursue his 26th, consecutive knockout in as many victories without a loss when he makes the...

Background on Hector Velazquez

Héctor Velázquez (born 5 March 1975 in Santiago Ixcuintla, Mexico), is a Mexican boxer. He fights in the featherweight division.

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