Valero designated “champion in recess” – Soto to fight for vacant WBC title – News
February 9th, 2010
By Jim Dower: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) has been given the designation of the “champion in recess” by the WBC, says President Jose Sulaiman. The reason for this designation is twofold: First of all, Valero, 28, suffered a bad cut on his forehead in the 2nd round after catching a hard elbow from Antonio DeMarco. The cut, a deep one, will take a considerable amount of time to heal, and will prevent Valero from getting back in the ring anytime soon to defend the WBC lightweight title.
With Valero on the shelf, Humberto Soto will move up from super featherweight and fight for the vacant title against a still to be determined opponent. This is Soto’s opportunity to show his stuff against one of the top lightweights like Anthony Peterson.
Valero looked good last weekend in dispatching DeMarco after nine rounds. Valero used a mix of power punching and boxing to reduce DeMarco into a confused looking opponent. With DeMarco taking more and more punishment as the fight wore on, his corner finally did the wise thing by deciding to stop the hopelessly one-sided bout after the 9th round had ended. There was little point in DeMarco carrying on into the 10th, because he would have likely been taken out had he gone out and tried to mix it up anymore with the big punching Valero.
A couple of potential opponents have been mentioned for Valero to fight next with World Boxing Organization light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley’s name being the most notable. It would be a tough fight for Valero, but one that would pay off big if Valero could beat Bradley.
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valero vs michell what a fight that would be
Valero can still fight outside the Us and make a name for himself in the US. This is left to PPV and the Promoter. The last time I looked a PPV bout fought in Mexico can be seen in US TV sets. Someone like Aurm can have commercials annoucing the fight,will have to pay the challenger big bucks to travel to Mexico and Fight. Us Fighters are always scared to fight outside the US. The last time I looked Mexicans come here and fight and very seldom get the fight if it’s close. So US Fighters get the balls of Mexicans and travel to fight.
I hate these stupid sanctioning organizations’ titles. Champions in recess, super champ, interim champ, blah blah blah.
I honestly cannot see Top Rank throwing Valero in against Bradley. I hope they do, but I can’t see that happening. Another question that no one is asking is will Valero ever be allowed to fight in the US?? It seems like having to have all your fights outside the US could really make it hard to get widespread recoginition and hard to get top level opponents. Where would the Bradley fight take place? Venezuala? How many top fighters are willing to fight Valero in his backyard? First, Valero needs to get a license in the US and then he needs to beat a bigger name than DeMarco.