You summed up how I feel about this. I loved Valero as a fighter, but I won't make excuses for this terrible act. I feel bad for everyone envolved, especially the kids. It seems that Valero just couldn't put that drink down. A shame.
Found out at the office about a hour ago, i was shocked. Think it will be big enough news to be televised in the news on UK tv? I think it will be.
The fact that he killed his wife is a tragedy, the fact that he killed himself is good news because of that tragedy. One can only hope he did not die instantly, but hung around gargling for a while. **** the piece of ****.
You know, I met Edwin in 2004 or early 2005, I worked out with him and Daniel Ponce De Leon at the Montebello CA Bally's Total Fitness once, and watched them workout at the Vernon Boxing Gym. At that time I saw NOTHING wrong with Edwin, he was a regular young guy who was into chicks and who was on a natural high I suppose for having just recently signed with GBP and on his way to stardom. I think all this mess had to do more with drugs and alcohol.
Edwin Valero DEAD: Suicide In Jail Kills Boxer, Police Say CARACAS, Venezuela Former boxing champ Edwin Valero committed suicide in his jail cell on Monday just hours after he was arrested in his wife's killing, police said. The former lightweight champion used his own clothes to hang himself from a bar in his cell early Monday, Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters. He said Valero was found by another inmate, who alerted authorities in the police lockup in north-central Carabobo state. Valero still showed signs of life when they took him down, but they were unable to save him and he died about 1:30 a.m., Flores said. The 28-year-old was detained Sunday on suspicion of killing his wife. Prosecutors said Sunday night that they had planned to charge Valero in the killing. Valero was detained after police found the body of his 24-year-old wife in a hotel in Valencia. The boxer left the hotel room around dawn Sunday and allegedly told security he had killed Jennifer Viera, Flores said. The fighter was a household name in Venezuela and had a huge image of President Hugo Chavez tattooed on his chest, along with the country's yellow, blue and red flag. His all-action style and 27-0 record all by knockouts earned him a reputation as a tough, explosive crowd-pleaser. Venezuelans called him "Inca," alluding to an Indian warrior, while elsewhere he was called "Dinamita," or dynamite. The former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion had been in trouble with the law before. Last month, Valero was charged with harassing his wife and threatening medical personnel who treated her at a hospital in the western city of Merida. Police arrested Valero following an argument with a doctor and nurse at the hospital, where his wife was being treated for a series of injuries, including a punctured lung and broken ribs.
Really? Thats why its called 'The demon drink'. Terrible state of affairs altogether. God love that poor girl