![]() “So we completely re-did the house he was in, because it was a disaster. I sent him away and said, ‘don’t come back until tomorrow,'” said Burns. “When I got the call to come in and to train him, his whole camp was in disarray. Trainer Pat Burns recalled former four-time, three-division champion Hector “Macho” Camacho, who died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Saturday after being removed from life support four days after the ex-boxer was shot in the face and two days after he was declared brain dead.Ĭamacho (79-6-3, 38 knockouts) was never knocked out over the course of a career that included two victories over Roberto Duran, one each over Sugar Ray Leonard, Edwin Rosario, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, Howard Davis, Rafael “Bazooka” Limon, Vinny Pazienza, Cornelius Boza-Edwards, and Freddie Roach, and losses to Oscar De La Hoya, Julio Cesar Chavez and Felix Trinidad.īurns worked with Camacho for several bouts, including Camacho’s fifth-round knockout victory over Leonard in March of 1997, and his unanimous decision loss to De La Hoya in his next fight in September of ’97. Meanwhile, Pacquiao has a fourth bout with four-division titlewinner Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. Who knows if that fight will happen, but I know what fight can happen, and that’s me and Pacquiao.” “It’s still Floyd and Pacquiao out there right now, but you know. I’ve got the world in my hands right now, and I feel like I took over the game in this era,” said Broner, a former WBO junior lightweight titletholder. This was in April of 2010, a little less than eight years after “El Inca” had boxed as a professional for the first time.“I feel like I’m walking on clouds, man. ![]() Valero then hanged himself in his jail cell. Valero, who it later came out, terrified his wife, stabbed her three times, killing her. Years later, when the full atrocities of what Valero had been capable of were common knowledge, the question was, did Valero suffer irreparable brain damage due to the crash and did this affect his mood and his temper?īut Valero, after retaining his 130 pound belt four times, and after then moving up and winning the WBC lightweight title, retaining it twice – all of these wins coming via KO – attacked and killed his wife. Valero was unable (aside from a small handful of fights) to fight in America due to a January 2004 MRI finding a small blood clot on his brain. It was some time, months in fact, before Valero was cleared to go pro. Valero suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and a fractured skull. Valero had been badly hurt in a 2001 motorbike crash, this over a year before his pro debut. Read: The Rivalry That Was Never Settled: Benn Vs. Instead, Valero had just seven more fights left before it was all over. But the 100 percent KO ratio stood, and soon enough Valero was being spoken about as a possible future opponent for Manny Pacquiao. It took Valero ten rounds, this easily his longest fight. But could he become world champion? The answer came in Valero’s 20th fight, when he took on and defeated Vicente Mosquera to take the WBA super featherweight title. It wasn’t until his 19th pro fight that Valero was extended beyond the opening round of a fight this into just the second round. Valero, a lethal and powerful southpaw, proceeded to rack up an amazing 18 first-round KO wins. Going pro in July of 2002, Valero took out a guy named Eduardo Hernandez, stopping him in two-minutes of the opening round. Seemingly born to fight, Valero engaged in street fights, his sheer rage even then driving him to violence. ![]() Reports vary, but some say Valero compiled a 86-6(45) amateur record. Valero began boxing at the age of 12, the fatherless street kid having got a job working in a local gym. In death, Valero is still talked about, remembered, even marvelled over. ![]() Born in Merida, Venezuela in December of 1981, Valero became a cult favourite with fight fans due to his simply incredible run of knockouts. Valero was no boxer – he was a beast of a man, inside and outside the ring. Or should I say Valero ‘fought’ his pro debut. 20 years ago today, in Caracas in his native Venezuela, Edwin Valero boxed his pro debut.
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