AFTER clobbering challenger Zaid ?The Exterminator? Zavaleta down to the canvass, Edwin ?The Liquidator? Valero issued a challenge to Filipino Ring Idol Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao in his World Boxing Association super featherweight title match last Dec. 16 at Plaza de Toros, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Valero, the reigning WBA super featherweight champion, also called out Pacquiao earlier this year and has challenged him again.
?I want to say that everything went according to plan today, and I want a crack at the other so-called champion, Pacquiao, because I am the 130-pound champion of this division?, said Valero after his KO victory, ?I am ready to fight in the US against any of the champion foes that they lay out in front of me, if they just give me the chance,? he added in a report posted in ringsidereport.com.
Valero even said Pacquiao is scared of him and that his trainer Freddie Roach even worse.
?Pacquaio is afraid. He is afraid of me, I know this,? Valero said. ?When I hit Pacquiao, he will go down and he will not get up.?
?Freddie Roach is even more afraid of me than Manny is,? the WBA super featherweight champion added. ?Freddie Roach is super afraid of me!? said Valero in a report posted at boxingconfidential.com
Valero has an outstanding career record of 23 wins and no loss and has won all of his fights via knockouts is banned to fight in the United States after failing a medical checkup in New York. His MRI showed a black spot in his brain. But he is planning to have himself reevaluated so he can fight in the US.
Meanwhile, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants Manny to focu
