Valero is being underrated. Skills dont always pay the bills...just look at george foreman in his prime. Valero has the intangibles to win fights. If this guy can beat Morales in sparring and MAB believes he can beat Pacman, having knockout all his opponents most in the 1st and being a champion...he has to be something special. Guzman rests too much and looses concentration. He also does get hit and when Valero hits him, hes gonna slow down alot.
I thought you were joking in your first post. Valero is the biggest hypejob in boxing. I can't believe he was featured on Yahoo's front page after he knocked out another C- level fighter in the early rounds this month. He's nothing special.. watch the Mosquera fight. I think it might be on youtube. Guzman would not only be able to beat Valero using his countering boxer-puncher style, he would be able to beat him in an all out toe to toe brawl. Valero is ****.
Valero is a classic case of a top fighter not having had the chance yet to prove himself. Before guzman beat Barrios who would have thought we would be comparing him with the likes of JMM, MAB & Pac? Sure Valero looks crude but his tenacity and punching power makes up for it. Guzman will win most of the rounds but I see Val landing some clean shots on Guzman and as Guzman slows down towards the end, Valero will land more often which may lead to a TKO. I picked Guzman to beat Soto and the fight went pretty much exactly as I said it would. Soto is too much a calculated solid boxer to maul Guzman down, he also doesnt posses the raw power of Valero. Valero's wild style would benefit him against Guzzy, no point in trying to box with Guzman. Only one in the FW-LW division that can outbox Guzman is JMM at this point.