Edwin Valero - Will he ever step up

I'm not doubting his power. but it looks as if he is just going to keep fighting bums until pacquiao gets old.

he has a guaranteed fight with manny down the line. with this agreement team valero want to play it safe, fight bums and wait for manny to take the fight. bob arum wants to see him fight contenders, names such as guzman and presscot have been rumoured. but team valero are just turning these fights down.

valero should step up and fight the likes of guzman, presscot and diaz to prove that he is a top fighter. if he gets past them then the fight with pacquiao is on.

 

styles wise guzman would cause more problems for valero than pac.

valero and pacquiao would be a war, 2 guys standing toe-toe. guzman would box valero, with valero's open style he is open to the counter punch all the time.

 

valero's style of walking forward in straight lines with his hands down would allow guzman to just pick him off for fun. valero will be walking on to punches, and the power might not hurt him, but after a couple of rounds the speed will be too much for him to handle.

guzman sat on the ropes against barrios and soto, and the couldn't do ****, so what would valero do different. soto is a better and more accomplished fighter than valero, and guzman took him to skool.

 

that might be for barrios, but soto is just as good a pressure fight as valero. soto has good speed and carries power in both hands. guzman wasn't hurt once during the fight, valero has shown he hits hard, but its been against nobodies.

he needs to show that he can do it at the top, but he won't fight presscot because if he loses there's no pacman fight.

valero is going to fight tomato cans until he gets exposed by pacquiao.