An Edwin Valero documentary (video)

Because people around here seem to forget what he did. Its ****ing shameful that some people here totally ignore the horrors he committed just cause he could punch. If the guys record was (27 wins O KO's) what would you think of him then would that make you realise what hes done.?

 

Everyone realises what he did. But guess what, this is about Edwin Valero the boxer, not Edwin Valero the man. And when you're looking back over someone's boxing career, what kind of person they were isn't relevant. If his record was one with 0 KO victories, I'd still judge him as a fighter when looking over what he did in boxing.

But you take your moral highground and don't watch him, because you're missing out on a fascinating fighter.

 

Ok look maybe i'm being a bit harsh and i don't want to argue with you because you seem like a big fan of a game we both love and your a fellow paddy, so ill put it this way I have seen as many of Valeros fights as are available to me and he was a truely unbelievable fighter his power, ferocity and record may never be match. However because of what else he did i don't think i can watch him again. The memories of watching his fights will always be better then the other things i know about him.

 

yeah after that cut, which was horrendous, you saw Valero making tactical changes in the fight and eventually decided on beating DeMarco down rather than trying to knock him out.

 

Didnt look too good in his last fight though.

 

Great footage, it's insane seeing him manhandle world class fighters in sparring. We all know the guy was complete scum but as a fighter he looked destined for the very top.

The scary thing was that he was getting better with each fight and clearly had much more to his game than being a brawler who could bang. That DeMarco fight seemed like a turning point in his career where he was starting to look more mature and adopt a more methodical approach in the ring... then it all went tits up.

I think he'd just vacated his belt and stated his intentions to move up to light welter when the whole 'incident' happened and what an addition he'd have been.

Such a shame... innocent wife killed, kids orphaned and a rare-as-**** talent wasted.

 

Have to say, I'm a little suprised to see your a fan TFFP.

I could never understand the folks who called Valero a bum. The amount of telling shots he would consistently land was impressive for such a small guy. Him fighting JMM was always the one I picked for fights I wanted to see.

I’m not sure if his fearsome power carried up though. He sparked out Pitula but you have to think he was drained considering he then started campaigning up at 147 lbs. You could make the argument that his lifestyle was beginning to have an effect on his performances too though.

I thought he handled the well rounded DeMarco very well. In a perfect world, he would not have gone off the deep end and we would have seen him some terrific match ups. I know he was all set to move to 140lbs but that may have been a bridge too far for him at the elite level.
Sadly, we'll never know...

 

To be fair though, Adjaho pulled a dodgy one in that fight. I didn't think he was knocked out, I feel he just wanted to get Demarco DQ'd and it backfired. That one was very competitive until the incident aswell.

Still a good scalp for Demarco though.

 

Agreed. Adjaho was shameless in that fight.

 

Do you not post in any threads about the ****** Mike Tyson either?

 

Or the murderer Carlos Monzon?