There has to be a Valero-Soto fight
March 19th, 2010
By Liam Fitzgerald: Last Saturday Humberto Soto won the WBC Lightweight belt with a unanimous decision over ex-champion David Diaz. The belt had only weeks ago been defended by the Venezuelan Edwin Valero who then decided to vacate it in order to move up in weight.
Now, Soto has a defence lined up on the under card of the Yuri Foreman-Miguel Cotto fight on the 5th June against the unbeaten Anthony Peterson. Provided he got through the fight as the champion still, I couldn’t think of a better match up than against the man who actually vacated it in the first place. It is understandable why Valero would want to move up towards the 140-147 lbs division since there are many big name, big money fights available there. However, I think that it would be in his best interests to stay at a lightweight for the time being.
I also think that Valero really should take the fight for a few reasons. In truth, there is not a stand out name on his record and even with all his potential, I don’t think he has earned the right to challenge the Marquez’s and Pacquiao’s as have been mentioned. A win over Soto would be the biggest highlight in his career by far and would really turn him into a star. Soto feels he has been avoided in his career and would likely jump at the chance for this fight. I for one really hope that in the near future it can be arranged as I’m sure it would be one of the fights of the year.
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Goodluck to Valero, Soto is a beast he couldve KO Diaz with in 4 rounds but decided to outbox him idk why but he did honestly Valero is overated he wont handle Soto & does not deserve to fight jmarquez or pac-man.
Valero will easily knockout Soto. Valero is much faster and hits harder. Soto is not that great of a boxer and will be there for Valero to hit him.
Valero didn’t knockout Demarco because Demarco fought a defensive fight, similar to Joshua Clottey. Demarco rarely traded punches and only went on the offensive when Valero was out of range and not able to hit him.
Anyone at lightweight and Junior Welterweight who trade openly with Valero will be knocked out.
I really doubt Top Rank puts Valero in with anyone that has a chance of beating him. And Soto would definitely have a chance. It would be a good fight, but Top Rank is really trying to hype Valero up to be the next great fighter. The only thing is, he’s never been in with any top tier fighter and only a very few 2nd tier opponents. He’s won every fight by KO though, and that allows for the opportunity for the incredible hype. However, I would bet Valero has one or two more fights, against opponents that aren’t A grade fighters and then they will feed him to Manny. Manny will destroy him, and Pac’s hype train keeps on rolling. Marquez, Bradley, Alexander would all beat him for sure at 140 and Mayweather, Mosley, Pacquiao, Berto, Williams, Cotto would beat him for sure at WW, while fighters like Quintana would probably beat him too. Top Rank is simply going to hype him up as much as possible in the next 6 months to a year to try and pass him off as a credible opponent for Manny. A lot of people will buy into the hype based on Valero’s record against mostly C and D level opposition, but he would get KO’ed in short order by Manny.
he might be strong but he cant hit bradley
JB, look at youtube Valero sparring agnist Santa Cruz brothers and they both state Valero wo at the time was 130 hits harder than Margarito
I agree Valero will lose power moving up in weight. But he will wanna test the bigger fighters anyway, and his promoter will want that too. If he is matched with the right opponents he will have success, but the knockout string will be ending soon most likely. I’d still like to see him fight Marquez.
Becareful Anthony Peterson could outwork him as long as he doesnt get caught early and win a decision.
Valero’s next fight should be JMMarquez.
valero i think will not carry his power moving up in weight. in his last fight, he cannot knock his opponent down. it was only a knockout win because demarco didnt got up from his stool, maybe because of the advise from his corner.
another comparison is between pacquiao and him with the same opponent in the name of hector velasquez. the pacman fought velasquez in his prime and knockout him out with a punch. while valero fought velasquez only a couple of fights ago, of course he is well past his prime. valero didnt knock him out, he only quit in his stool, the same as demarco.
so obviously, the pacman has more punching power than valero.
I was wondering why two fighters past their prime were fighting so that Peterson would have an easy title shot.I hope Valero knocks out Peterson.