With the conclusion of Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev, the Light Heavyweight King currently has a record of 21-0 with 20KOs and Bivol being the only one to hear the end of the 12th round. A 95.24% KO ratio is still a big deal in boxing today, but there was one boxer in particular that has a record of 27-0 with a 100% KO ratio and was regarded as a wasted potential for others.

The boxer I'm speaking of is called Edwin Valero, a Venezuelan professional boxer and he has a few aliases that fit his style in boxing:

1.El Inca ("The Inca") 2.El Dinamita ("The Dynamite") 3.El Terminator 4.The Liquidator

With a 18 1st round KO streak, he was a southpaw whose style is similar Manny Pacquiao, highly aggressive fighting style and exceptional punching power. He is a two weight division champion, he won the WBA Super Featherweight in August 2006 and the WBC Featherweight in April 2009.

Tragically, in a motorcycle accident that led to him having a brain injury, he returned to fight in the ring after a long recovery but it would be only short as each time he recieved getting hit, his brain injury would return. This prompt Valero to retire early on his career to ensure the safety of his physical wellbeing but this led to him having mental issues that have caused him to be arrested for the suspicion of killing his own wife. After then, he ended his own life in jail as his mental wellbeing has reached it's limit.

However, some debunked that theory when a documentary video and a book about Edwin Valero's life speaks of another perspective in his demise:

"Edwin Valero was MURDERED. He was found hanging naked in his cell with a crumpled picture of his family inside his mouth. Upon their arrival at the intercontinental hotel Mr. & Mrs. Valero approached the front desk and asked for their suite to be searched before checking in. Holding an attache case containing $90000 Valero made it clear that he and his wife had been followed by a mysterious vehicle from Caracas to Valencia. Mr. & Mrs. Valero were assured by security that their suite was secure. The next morning Valero awoke to the grisly sight of Mrs. Valero who had been stabbed to death. Valero having lost consciousness had no recollection prior to the horrific morning awakening. Dazed and confused Valero went downstairs to the front desk and announced that his wife had been killed by an unknown intruder. Mr. Valero was arrested and detained. Police were unable to recover a murder weapon. Interestingly enough Valeros attache case had mysteriously vanished. Security cameras were not working. During his interview with police Valero made it clear he had been stalked pursued and ultimately framed for the murder of his wife. Edwin Valero was discovered dead by apparent suicide. He was taken and buried with his name sullied as a wife murdering coward. The general public seemed more than content with the official story of the psychotic husband murder suicide but the logistics of this case were too obvious to ignore. Years later Valeros body was finally exhumed and the findings were earth shattering. The autopsy revealed that the cause of death was NOT from suicide by asphyxia which immediately discredited the narrative that he took his own life. Closer examination showed that Mr.Valero had ingested an unknown substance that exploded his lungs."

Quite sad that a fighter like Edwin Valero has to go out like that but he still remained in WBC history as the only boxer to win every fight in his by KO.

What about you guys? Have you ever heard of Edwin Valero? Would the non-existent of the brain injury made Valero better? Could he have become someone different if the bad people weren't in his way? Comment below on your thoughts about this topic.

Funfact: Edwin Valero is seen in an old video of Manny Pacquiao's Birthday where he and David Diaz were invited.

As much as this was a much better match for both fighters, I'm pretty sure most seen that this was purely the WBC righting their wrong for the last fight. That being said, I'm not sure Foster did enough this fight to deserve the dub.

In the previous fight Conceicao was clearly the aggressor, as he continued to press the fight foward. Regardless, Shaq, fighting off the back foot, against the ropes, definetly was way more defensively sound, and landed way more clean shots, while taking little to no damage and it was easily an 8-4 if not 9-3 fight in favor of Foster.

That being said, this fight was much different. From the start of the first round it was clear that it was a battle for the center of the ring with Robson being the better fighter. Stylistically I feel this is where Conceicao shined brightest, having the better jab and working the over/under worked great until the 10th when he got rocked . Unable or unwilling to finish, Foster allowed Conceicao to recover, leading to a competitive last 2 rounds.

I just didn't see enough in the 11th or 12th round to have given Foster the win. Personally I had him down 5 points going into the 10th and had Conceicao up 1 point after the final bell rang. I could have even seen a draw... but there was nothing in this fight that gave way to the Foster majority decision.

I do feel both fighters massively improved over their last bout, but it doesn't change the fact that the first fight was awarded to the wrong fighter, as well as this one.

I would love to see the trilogy, even though I'm sure it's not going to happen.

If i missed something please let me know in the comments even if it is just to agree that you would like to see a final rematch between both fighters or how I am dead wrong, I would love to hear it.

Vargas is a 140lb prospect. He was a fairly successful amateur with a record of 120-10 and a 7x national champ.

Idk how to truly describe his style but very balanced and well-rounded attributes. He has a great jab, he’s pretty slick, he's comfortable on the inside, he moves very well, has some speed, power, athleticism and he can find counters pretty well.

He has a fairly wide base with a decent jab, an alright guard and great timing intercepting counters, whether it’s a step back check hook, splitting the jab with a cross and is able to be slick enough to escape. Even on midrange he’s great at intercepting shots and when infighting, he uses a high guard, can rip quick body shots and get counters off of that and evade/escape using a good high guard and head movement/evasiveness to avoid shots. A very complete fighter with a bright future ahead of him.

Floyd Schofield vs. Rene Tellez Giron

Where to watch: DAZN

Robson Conceicao vs. O'Shaquie Foster

Where to watch: ESPN & ESPN+

When the fight ended, Ali was ahead on the scorecards of all three officials. Using the 5-point must scoring system, referee Carlos Padilla Jr. had the champion ahead, 66-60, Judge Alfredo Quiazon had it 67-62 and Judge Larry Nadayag had it 66-62.

So according to these scores, Ali won atleast 10 rounds whereas Frazier won 4 rounds. I think frazier won atleast 6 rounds. What are your thoughts?

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? His relevance today is still astonishing, what u do for the sport and outside it is also used for arguments like but for Muhammad Ali but Mike Tyson’s too is growing and always getting bigger he seems more and more of a legend he’s done and doing so much for the sport too, just look at his significance, podcast, businesses not to knock Muhammad Ali of purse but Mike Tysons is still growing

Lemos was formerly the 6th ranked 140lb IBF contender but now the currently ranked 13th in the WBO, 6th in the IBF & 9th in the WBC.

Gustavo Lemos is fighting Keyshaw Davis in a week's time and I feel like many are overlooking Lemos here or haven’t been recognising him enough especially after his fight against Richardson Hitchins where personally I think he was robbed of a win where it was the 140lb IBF eliminator where he currently could’ve been facing Liam Paro instead of Davis and Hitchins facing him Paro.

Lemos I’d describe as somewhat of a argentinian Mike Tyson because there’s times where you’d think he looks like him with his constant aggression/bobbing and weaving, and his aggressive counterpunching style. Lemos is a slick but aggressive pressure fighter whose main goal is to get on the inside and infight his way to victory. When pressuring, he’s very slick and uses great head movements like slips and ducks or bobs & weaves, to get inside, he also alternates between a strong high guard and the Philly shell which all of these defensive actions are to drawing punches from the opponent for Lemos to respect them but Lemos also counters these really well with an evasive movement followed by a counter or an intercepting shot which helps him close distance. He cuts the ring very well and once he gets close and chances to infight, he isn’t like Mike using angles to create space for shots but stand more square with a high guard or Philly shell and using that and his slick head movement to throw punches, to finish them but avoid their shots and land his own. With all of this, he carries a lot of power.

Most know Keyshaw Davis is scheduled to face Lemos and this will be a great fight. Unlike Hitchins who’ll hug every time once Lemos gets close to win a robbery decision, Davis actually throws back and is good on the inside as well. This fight will be action and I can’t wait. I still have Keyshaw winning but I’m not surprised if he looses.

DATE Friday 1st November 2024

LOCATION SSE Arena, Belfast, United Kingdom

TELEVISION ProBox TV, YouTube & Amazon Prime (Worldwide)

TIME 7pm (Belfast), 12pm (Los Angeles), 3pm (New York), 6am Saturday (Sydney)

Undercard

• Robbie Davies Jr vs Javier Fortuna
• Ruadhan Farrell vs Connor Kerr
• Matthew Boreland vs Calum Turnbull
• Colm Murphy vs Erick Omar Lopez
• Tommy McCarthy vs Ryan Labourn
• Brandon McCarthy vs Michel Gonxhe
• Teo Alin vs Joshua Ocampo
• Gareth Dowling vs Christian Lopez Flores
• Jack O'Neill vs Steven Maguire

If Fury's going to want to win, he's going to have to change his gameplane, no matter if he thinks he already won the fight. He needs to better pace himself, manage distance more effectively and use his size advantage more. There's certainly even more he'd need to work on as well. And that's not even getting into whether or not he could make those necessary adjustments.

So in your opinion, what should he do differently and do you think he'll actually pull it off?

Let's keep them in the same era. Ie... no Dempsy vs Ali or something like that.

For me I have a few:

• Ali vs Foreman rematch
• Shavers vs Foreman (2 of the hardest punchers in history)
• Liston vs Frazier
• Tyson vs Foreman in 1990
• Tyson vs Bowe in 95-96
• Lewis vs Bowe 95-96