Edwin Valero’s Boxing Career
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Amateur Boxing Career
Just like all other accomplished and legendary athletes in the sports industry or any field, Edwin Valero started his amateur career at a very young age of twelve (12). On his youngster years he is already a Venezuelan amateur champion in his country for three years. He also beaten Francisco “Panchito” Bojado and made him the Central and South American Champion. Edwin Valero reportedly compiled an amateur boxing record of 86 wins and only 6 losses with 57 knockouts. It is definitely not a bad in my honest opinion. Edwin Valero’s amateur record would later prove to be a promising threat in the boxing world as he scored 24 straight consecutive wins in his professional boxing record 19 of which all in round 1.
Professional Boxing Career
The very first first-round knockout winning streak was held by Young Otto in 1905 by winning his first fifteen (15) matches all in round one. Edwin Valero won 18 of his first fights by round one knockout in his professional career, thus setting a new world record for round one knockout winning streaks. It was February 25, 2006 when he set this new world record. However this amazing record was broken by Tyrone Brunson who also had 18 first round knockouts. Valero almost won his 19th match by round 1 however Genaro Tzancos survive until the second round in their match last March 25, 2006 and thus breaking the round 1 knockout winning frenzy.
Edwin Valero won the WBA super featherweight title when he defeated Vicente Mosquera by tenth-round TKO last August 5, 2006. Last June 12, 2008, Valero’s last match was with Takehiro Shimada in Tokyo Japan. Valero has defended his title for four times.
Daniel Ted Feliciano says:
It’s a perfect record. The problem is with his opponents. Almost all of them are unknown, even to an avid boxing fan.