AUSTIN, TEXAS (TICKER) —Edwin Valero made sure his move up to lightweight paid off.
Valero claimed the vacant WBC lightweight title with a second-round TKO of Antonio Pitalua on Saturday night.
The Venezuelan continued his status as a knockout artist, building on a quiet first round to drop Pitalua three times en route to improving to 25-0 with 25 knockouts. The match was stopped by referee Laurence Cole with 49 seconds left in the second round.
After he vacated the WBA super featherweight title last September to move up in weight, Valero, 27, continued to show his power, hammering the Mexican Pitalua in his first fight in the United States since 2003.
Pitalua, a native of Mexico, fell to 46-4.
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