An Edwin Valero documentary (video)

Cheers for this pal! Fantastic stuff.

 

looks great in sparring and there is a clip of him hitting pads and heavy bag with some scary power. I still think Pac would have schooled him

 

Yeah seen this before, great watch :good

 

Fair enough ...how do you see him against Marquez?


This is the video i was talking about:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLQlyuXgQ1w[/ame]

 

The way Arum was talking,the fight would have happened if Valero moved up to 140 and looked good.Valero looked like he was going to fight Lamont Peterson in June/July 2010 aswell.Would have been another great KO for the collection.

Big fan of Edwin here and was really looking forward to him moving up and fighting at 140 to see how he would have got on.


Valero/Katsidis & Valero/Maidana were my dreams:-(

 

did u watch the vincet mosqueta fight for the good part of the fight he was getting the dog **** beat out of him

 

No way.Edwin had only done 20 rds in his entire career going into that fight and apart from getting dropped he battered a good Champion.

 

I disagree. It wasn't an easy ride for Valero by an means, and he had some problems (namely early on), but for the most part of that fight he was putting the hurt on Mosquera.

 

Just before his death, I became a huge fan of Valero, so I don't really like to watch these videos about him. I liked his style and attitude a hell of a lot and to see people talk about him in present tense and his potential is pretty depressing. Even when I see a picture or read a thread where he's mentioned, I feel quite sad he's no longer an active fighter. He was the most entertaining 'prospect' I'd seen in my lifetime and, honestly, I think it could be a long time before someone can beat that hype. He was this generations Tony Ayala but more proven.

I know he won a world title but I prefer to think of him as a fighter who was in the early stages of his career, hence me calling him a prospect.

Of course, I understand why people hate him though I think that hatred has lead to Valero being underrated. When that emotion calms down, people will think about this guy and he will go down as boxings biggest "what if", I think. He had skills, stamina, a chin, the right mentality and immense power. He was probably a once in a lifetime fighter and I'm sad we never got to see him fulfill his potential.

 

I saw this a few months back, Valero was a legendary gym fighter and theres some excellent sparring footage there. Who knows how good he could have been.

 

No I like Katsidis but he always comes to fight and even though I think he gets beaten up bad he would still go all out and try to make it interesting.