SPORT & NOTE
Edwin VALERO

Male

"El aniquilador" "El Inca"
Lightweight, Venezuela, El Vigía
Born: December 3, 1981, Bolero Alto, Edo.Mérida
Died: April 19, 2010, Valencia, Venezuela
Height: 5ft 7 1/2in, mt 1,70
"southpaw"

Valero, according to Police, hanged himself in his jail cell after being arrested for stabbing his wife to death.
He used the sweat pants he was wearing to hang himself from a bar in the cell.
Valero was found hanging in his cell early Monday by another inmate, who alerted authorities in the police lockup in north-central Carabobo state, Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters.
He said Valero showed signs of life when they took him down, but they were unable to save him and he died about 2 a.m. on April 19, 2010.
Valero had problems with alcohol and cocaine addiction and struggled with depression.
He had previously been suspected of assaulting his wife and was charged in March 2010 with harassing her and threatening personnel at a hospital where she was treated for injuries.
Valero’s 24-year-old wife, Jennifer Carolina Viera, was found dead in a hotel room half way across the country on April 17, 2010, and police said the fighter emerged from their room telling hotel security he had killed her.
Valero was a household name in Venezuela and had a huge image of Venezuela’s president tattooed on his chest along with the country’s yellow, blue and red flag.

No amateur results

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
2002
+ July 9Eduardo Hernandez Caracas, VenezuelaKO 1
+ Sept. 23Danny Sandoval Caracas, VenezuelaKO 1
+ Oct. 26Angel Alfredo Rivero Turmero, VenezuelaTKO 1
+ Nov. 18Luis Soto Caracas, VenezuelaTKO 1
+ Nov. 30Julio Pineta Caracas, VenezuelaKO 1
2003
+ Mar. 22Danny Sandoval Turmero, VenezuelaKO 1
+ May 17Edgar Mendoza Turmero, VenezuelaTKO 1
+ May 23Darius Julio Caracas, VenezuelaKO 1
+ July 19Emmanuel Ford Maywood, CaliforniaTKO 1
+ Aug. 28Roque Cassiani Irvine, CaliforniaTKO 1
+ Oct. 27Alejandro Heredia Caracas, VenezuelaKO 1
+ Dec. 18Tomas Zambrano Irvine, CaliforniaTKO 1
2004
Inactive
2005
+ May 21Hernan A. Valenzuela Caseros, ArgentinaTKO 1
+ July 1Esteban de Jesus Morales Panama City, PanamaKO 1
+ Aug. 13Jose Hernandez Maracay, VenezuelaKO 1
+ Sept. 25Hero Bando Yokohama, JapanTKO 1
+ Dec. 5Aram Ramazyan Paris Bercy, FranceKO 1
2006
+ Feb. 25Whyber Garcia Turmero, VenezuelaTKO 1
(Won WBA Fedelatin Super-Featherweight Title and WBA Super-Featherweight Title Eliminator)
+ Mar. 25Genaro Trazancos Kobe, JapanTKO 2
+ Aug. 5Vicente Mosquera Panama City, PanamaTKO 10
(Won WBA Super-Featherweight Title)
2007
+ Jan. 3Michael Lozada Tokyo, JapanTKO 1
(Retained WBA Super-Featherweight Title)
+ May 3Nobuhito Honmo Tokyo, JapanTKO 8
(Retained WBA Super-Featherweight Title)
+ Dec. 15Zaid Zavaleta Cancún, MexicoTKO 3
(Retained WBA Super-Featherweight Title)
2008
+ June 12Takehiro Shimada Tokyo, JapanTKO 7
(Retained WBA Super-Featherweight Title)
2009
+ Apr. 4Antonio Pitalua Austin, TexasTKO 2
(Won vacant WBC Lightweight Title)
+ Dec. 19 Hector VelazquezLa Guaira, VenezuelaTKO 7
(Retained WBC Lightweight Title)
2010
+ Feb. 6Antonio de MARCOMonterrey, MexicoTKO 10 (0:10)
(Retained WBC Lightweight Title)

 

Summary

Total bouts: 27, Won: 27 (27 inside the limit), Lost: 0 (0 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0