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The Fast Rise and Tragic Fall of Edwin Valero December 3, 1981- April 19, 2010
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
ternet myth, knockout artist, lightweight champ, southpaw, rising star, husband, father, abusive husband, confessed murderer, and now suicide statistic, mercurial, natural born fighter E Read Full Story >>>Jose Castillo, Edwin Valero's Manager, Speaks About Boxer's 'Tragic' Death
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
In the ring, WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero was the perfect weapon: a hard-punching, embodiment of ferocity who was 27-0, with 27 knockouts.
Out of the ring, the 28-year-old Valero was "a monster," according to one report, his drunken, violent behavior leading to admittedly stabbing his wi Read Full Story >>> THE DISINHERITED: Edwin Valero 1981-2010
By Carlos Acevedo, The Cruelest Sport, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
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?Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs.?
Philip Larkin
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In the ring, Edwin Valero was riveting, and the strange quality that defined his style?an uncommon cruelty?was couched strictly in boxing terms. Yes, his bloodlust appeared to be a natural extension of his fractured psyche. Ove Read Full Story >>> Just how far could Edwin Valero potentially have gone?
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Edwin Valero's arrest for the murder of his wife and subsequent suicide left the boxing world with many unanswered questions.
Obviously Valero's problems ran Read Full Story >>> Edwin Valero bows out ungracefully from the Pacquiao sweepstakes; What could've been
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Just when I was shaking my head after watching Real Sports' documentary over the tragic and violent deaths of boxing legends Arturo Gatti, Alexis Arguello and Vernon Forrest on HBO last weekend, another shocking death caught boxing fans off guard.
After being arrested for allegedly killing his wi Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan raises his flags at Wild Card Gym
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Los Angeles - The Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California is the boxing home to many international world class fighters. Proprietor and elite trainer Freddie Roach has made it ritual to raise the flags of countries his boxers represent.
[Click the subscribe button above to receive free e-mail ale Read Full Story >>> Roger Mayweather ?Every time I see Pacquiao fighting, he must have something in his system?
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Today, Golden Boy Promotions held a conference call to promote the upcoming fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Shane Mosley. The conference call was centered around the trainers Roger Mayweather and Naazim Richardson.
During the call, reporters asked the trainers about Manny Pacquiao. In typi Read Full Story >>> Psychological warfare between Mayweather and Mosley
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
In many fights, the mental battle can be more important than the physical one takes place in the ring. If a fighter is either intimidated or irritated by the actions of his opponent, he will fight differently than he would otherwise.
Over the years Floyd Mayweather has become the master of gainin Read Full Story >>> LEONARD ELLERBE: "HE HASN'T BEEN CHALLENGED BECAUSE FLOYD IS JUST THAT GOOD"
By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
"Floyd is a gifted fighter and he works harder than any fighter out there, so he talks more trash than any fighter out there. When you put that work into the gym and it translates to the ring, you have the right to say whatever you want until someone could prove you wrong. It's not a knock on all of Read Full Story >>> RP junior pugs off to Azerbaijan
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Filipino amateur boxers continue trekking the road towards gifting the country its first ever Olympic gold medal when the eight-man national junior team flew to Azerbaijan yesterday to carry he country?s colors in the President Heydar Aliver C Read Full Story >>> The continuing tragedy of battered women
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Spousal abuse encompasses a wide and tragic spectrum that includes physical, sexual, emotional and economic abuse. The abuser or the victim can either be the husband or wife. Statistics show that women are much more likely to be murde Read Full Story >>> Leading lady Jinkee Pacquiao becoming political gold in Manny Pacquiao election campaign
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Behind every great fighter is an even greater leading lady. So it is proving even on the exhausting electioneering trail the Filipino boxer is waging in The Philippines, as he attempts to win the sole congressional seat for the province of Sarangani, in the southern Philippines.
It is here where Read Full Story >>> THE MAYOL TITLE DEFENSE - WHAT A MISSED OPPORTUNITY!
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
If news reports prove solid, Rodel Mayol, the WBC Light Flyweight Champion, is scheduled to defend his crown for the second time somewhere in Mexico on June 19th.
Actually, that is not a bad thing at all because it is a gre Read Full Story >>> Inside camp Mayweather: Uncle Roger can?t deny that Pacquiao weighs heavy on the mind
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Sitting on the corner steps of the ring in Floyd Mayweather?s personal Las Vegas gym, Uncle Roger has the look of a man who has been here before. While Team Mayweather is currently less than two weeks away from a pivotal bout against very dangerous Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand you wouldn?t sense th Read Full Story >>> Monday Meet and Greet: Drian Francisco
By Tyler Curtis, SportzHype Boxing, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
This Saturday Drian Francisco became the mandatory for the WBA super flyweight champion. Currently there are three WBA champions at that weight.
Who exactly he is the mandatory for is beyond me. At any rate he has beaten a former titlist in Roberto Vasquez.
He has a very good punch and fight Read Full Story >>> Promoter Arum was grooming Valero for Pacquiao clash
By Larry Fine, Reuters, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venezuelan boxer Edwin Valero, who committed suicide on Monday in a jail where he was held for killing his wife, was a "sensational" fighter who was being groomed to fight Manny Pacquiao, promoter Bob Arum said.
Arum, who co-promoted Valero's last two bouts, told Reuters tha Read Full Story >>> Making sense of Cotto ? Foreman
By Carl Hewitt, Diamond Boxing, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
With less than two months to go until the junior-middleweight title fight between Yuri Foreman and Miguel Cotto, boxing fans should be scratching their heads and asking ?Why?? ?Why is Cotto jumping right into a title fight at a weight at which he?s never campaigned??, ?What does Foreman hope to achi Read Full Story >>> CONSTERNATION IN THE WBC DUE TO THE PASSING AWAY OF EDWIN VALERO
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Jose Sulaiman, World Boxing Council President, and all the members of the organization, are deeply saddened, moved and in sorrow due to the tragedy that took place in the family of the reigning of WBC Lightweight world cham Read Full Story >>> Valero goes out the coward way
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
A once feared knockout artist is now dead. Edwin Valero, the Venezuelan brawler who specialized in knocking out his opponents stabbed his wife to death, and then took his own life. This once champion is a coward. This man took the life of a young woman and then took the coward way out and killed Read Full Story >>> Valero Denied The Murder, Relatives Reveal Dark Secrets
By Jhonny Gonzalez, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 20 Apr 2010
Venezuela - Relatives from both sides of the family, are speaking about the tragic events which took place over the last two days. Undefeated boxer Edwin Valero (27-0, 27KOs) was arrested early Sunday morning for the murder of his wife, Jennifer Carolina. Valero took his own life on Monday morning i Read Full Story >>>
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