An Edwin Valero documentary (video)

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  1. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    I agree with all that. He was obviously a disgusting human being but hopefully we can keep that side out of the thread. Purely focused on his boxing skills and some of what he was showing in sparring there.
     
  2. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    I haven't watched as much of Valero as I would've liked. Any fights other than DeMarco, Pitalua and Mosquera any of you would recommend? Or are they the only ones out there?
     
  3. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    'They're the only men out there' (that didn't crumble in a heap inside a round).

    Thats pretty much all we got to go on + this great evidence from inside the gym.
     
  4. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    Really?

    That's shite. I thought at least, at least some of his Japanese exploits would be in circulation somewhere.
     
  5. Matt Ldn

    Matt Ldn Boxing Addict Full Member

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    its really ****ed when the trainer in the first vid says about his wife and kid brought him down to earth.
     
  6. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Oh, you can see him against Shimada. The rest are kind of pointless.
     
  7. bam bam

    bam bam Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I got his fight against Honmo which went 8 rds if Im not mistaken
     
  8. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    That'll do me fine. I'd like to see more of him than just three fights, even if it's against overmatched oppostion.
     
  9. Vano-Irons

    Vano-Irons Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Tagging this for future use. I'm realy in 2 minds about this guy. A very vicious person in and out of the ring (is a Duran comparison wrong to use?), and a very good prospect. But he was a wife beating, communist scumbag at the end of the day. Still, i enjoyed him in the ring while he was there.
     
  10. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Especially the communist bit :deal
     
  11. The Spider

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    Great vids guys :good
     
  12. MagicMan91

    MagicMan91 The Main Event Mafia Full Member

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    Remember watching this not too long after he died. Was and still am a huge Valero fan and the wasted potential makes me extremely gutted :-( (as well as the death/murder thing too of course)
     
  13. I remember watching the DeMarco fight and being very impressed. He was so much more than just a crude banger. That fight was a platform onto bigger fights against marquee names. What happened next was a terrible tragedy.
     
  14. Davew430

    Davew430 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    A good video that, keeping his personal life out of this...

    He's probably the biggest "what if" of our generation, a lot of people underrate him thinking he was a one dimensional brawler who relied on power and would struggle against the first fighter he couldn't KO. Now he wasn't the most skilled fighter ever to have lived but he was far from one dimensional as that video proved.

    It's a shame we never got to see him forfill his potential, he'd of won more world titles no doubt, would he have been special? That's one thing we'll never know
     
  15. MagicMan91

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    :lol: :rofl