Valero Interested in Marquez and Pacquiao Fights
May 30th, 2009
By William Mackay: In the latest news from Ring magazine, WBA lightweight champion Edwin Valero once again repeated his interest in getting big money fights against Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, despite the fact that Valero has yet to prove that he belongs in the same ring with either of them at this point.
Rather than build up his stature as a fighter by taking on a recent potential opponent in unbeaten Columbian Breidis Prescott and prove that he belongs as a champion, Valero instead said that he wasn’t interested in Prescott and only wanted to take on big named fighters for bigger money.
The fighters that Valero wants to fight, however, aren’t likely going to be facing him anytime soon, because Marquez and Pacquiao are going after much bigger game than a fight with an unproven Valero. This is why it looks as if Valero dodged Prescott, who is more than a handful for any fighter in the lightweight division due to Prescott’s huge power.
Before taking on Marquez and Pacquiao, Valero needs to prove himself against good lightweights like Juan Diaz, Nate Campbell, Ali Funeka, Joan Guzman or Michael Katsidis before looking for a big money fight with Pacquiao or Mayweather.
You got to crawl before you walk, and in Valero’s case, he’s done nothing to earn a shot at better fighters in boxing. With his pumped up record, Valero brings to mind fighters like Amir Khan and Sven Ottke with his perfect record against subpar opposition.
If Valero can get five or six good wins to go along with all the meaningless ones on his inflated record, then possibly I could see Marquez or Pacquiao giving him a fight. However, given that both Pacquiao and Marquez are pretty much at the end of their careers, I doubt that Valero will get a chance at fighting any of them before they retire from boxing.
Valero could have helped himself immensely if he hadn’t fought such dreadful opposition in his career, because at least he’d have a bigger name than he does now. This is why when it was important for Valero to fight a guy like Prescott when he was mentioned recently as an opponent for him.
Getting a win over a big puncher like Prescott would have made boxing fans wake up and see Valero as legitimate fighter rather than one with a built up record that came on the backs of largely mediocre opponents.
For Pacquiao to fight Valero, it would be a huge step down for Manny to take the fight, and one that would make much less money for Pacquiao than he could get elsewhere against more proven fighters like Mayweather, Shane Mosley or Miguel Cotto.
At this point in Valero’s career, he’s the equivalent of a John Duddy, a middleweight fighter that prior to his last fight against Billy Lyell, had a perfect record filled with mostly a bunch of nobodies.
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Valero is a fighter if and when he proves himself to fight Juan Manuel Diaz, Bradly, Presscott, think as a fighter if you aim high prove it as other do their best before reached elsewhere. Make your own pathways to say the world you are the best boxer, as i know you still not prove to be a top class boxer ‘ haste makes waste”
Valero is a fighter if and when he proves himself to fight Juan Manuel Diaz, Bradly, Presscott,think as a fighter if aim high prove it as other do their best before reached elsewhere.
Well, I just saw a previously undefeated Alfredo Angulo lose for the first time against someone who was once considered a top boxer at the 147 weight class, Kermit Cintron. Now, Kermit Cintron isn’t the best boxer out there but he’s got some talent. The first time Angulo faced a top rated boxer, he lost. Now, Edwin Valero wants to fight boxers who are in a higher class than Kermit Cintron. Well, if he feels he can do it, more power to him. But just remember the fighters he’s faced. Not exactly an elite bunch, in my opinion. I think he should follow in the steps of Pacquiao and prove himself as an elite fighter. Juan Diaz, Katsidis, Bradley, Campbell, and Guzman are some that he should consider fighting before he steps in the ring with the two best fighters according to ring magazine. Don’t get me wrong, Valero is awesome. He has a very impressive record. But being undefeated doesn’t necessarily make the best fighter. By facing the best, learning from them, and eventually beating them makes a fighter great. If you think about it, there aren’t too many great champions that are undefeated. Some who were considered the greatest weren’t undefeated throughout their career. Ali, Leonard, and Duran weren’t undefeated. Yet, they will go down in history as some of the greatest fighters that have ever lived. Valero is a lot like Tyson. Look what eventually happened to the man who thought he was invincible. Valero might be a little too confident. He needs to be careful.
valero nothing but hype w/his fabricated perfect ko record. not deserving of a big payday w/jmm or pac. he first needs to prove himself against the likes of a prescott, j-diaz, casamayor, etc..
Edwin Valero wants the Pacman. Manny is looking for a fight in Oct , so what up with Edwin Valero in a match-up bout at 135 is Manny ready for this guy. Freddie isn’t crazy to put manny in a fight with that guy Valero.
Valero thinks hes the superstar already when hes still a couple of great performances against good fighters away.
He wanted too much money to fight Prescott demanding superstar percentage cuts of the prize and Prescott was havin none of it.
Or thats what were lead to believe, like i say a couple of good wins away from that superstardom, now hes so close would taking a risky fight against Prescott be a good idea?
I dont know which one of them it is but i think a good win over him would of worked wonders for him. He made a mistake in not takin that fight.
But he wants these big fights and hes still a little short in bringin something to the table. Also he himself is a risky pick of opposition with his power so the big names arnt guna be that tempted.
He still needs those fights. And on top of all that i dont actually think hes that good. Im a big fan but hes got no technique and people who have that get found out pretty quiickly against top quality boxers
Valero doesnt want anything to do with Prescott after he saw Khan get knocked out by him. Prescott is the next real big thing coming, Edwin is the most overhyped fighter in the last 5 years.
its obvious that valero wont fight prescott
because he knows he have no match against him. his unbeaten record will be tarnished if he will engaged a fighter of prescott’s class. valero is not a boxer, he’s a slugger hoping to land a power punch against his opponent. in fairness to him, he’s really a heavy puncher but not yet tested to class a fighter.
isnt valero the wbc lightweight champion not wba
He should have fought Prescott. He has to earn fights against top class opponents. I hate the fact that he’s talking like he’s “owed” big fights just because he has a good record (which in itself is deceiving as he’s only fought bums). After watching videos on youtube its obvious he’s not in the same class as Maquez, Pacquiao etc they would see his wild swinging punches coming a mile off and he’d get taken to school and beaten badly.
I think Valero should fight Sotto, or Prescot or Katsides.. then if he beat then by KO, like withen 3 rounds then he is worth to be Fighting JMM, but not Paquiao, then If he beat JMM, all boxing fans want to see him fighting Manny, and it is a good fight, but at this moments asking for JMM or Manny, no one will be intersted, and Arum will not gamble of doing that. Business is business… So. Mr. Valero, prove first that you can be on the same level of JMM and Packman.