And when under return fire, Valero could be sent to the canvas himself something Vicente Mosquera proved in his August 2006 fight with the Venezuelan. Valero, if he had met a more skilled boxer like Manny, would likely have been made to miss by a mile or two with some, if not most of his punches. On the minus side, though, was Valero’s crudeness and his less than granite chin.

Read: Canelo-Munguia: Why No One's Excited for the Munguia Matchīut was Valero ever going to be good enough to rumble with the likes of Pac-Man? At 5’6,″ Valero, it could be argued, had the necessary height and reach to make it as a 140 pound fighter/champion, and his withering, one-punch KO power would have always given him a chance against ANY fighter he met in the ring – Pac-Man included. And as we found out in his final war with arch-rival Juan Manuel Marquez, Pacquiao could be taken out, with one shot (admittedly a great shot maybe even a once in a career shot) even when he was in his prime. No, Valero, a truly hurtful banger, would have slung out leather with bad intentions for as long as he was able. What would have transpired in the ring if Valero had lived to get that dream fight with then then reigning pound-for-pound king? We know Valero, totally unafraid, possessed even, would not have shown any trepidation. And what a truly epic, savage and memorable battle this one would surely have been. Tantalizngly, there was a time when a fight between Valero and Manny Pacquiao was close to happening. Yet despite this, nobody will ever know how good, great even, Valero might have become had he lived. The man who committed suicide after murdering his wife back in 2010 scored a straight 27 KO’s during his electricity-packed career a truly amazing nineteen of these KO’s coming inside a single round. No fight fan disputes the punching power the ultimately unhinged Edwin Valero possessed.

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