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Manny Pacquiao-Edwin Valero would be ultimate ring explosion
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The Ricky Hatton-Manny Pacquiao fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will be a shocker if it is not electrifying.
The styles of the Pinoy southpaw and the orthodox Brit should make for an incendiary mixture which will have fight fans screaming with excitement.
But let me go Pac-Hat one better. Let’s talk about a bombs away special which could be the ultimate dream fight for fans worldwide. I’m talking about about dynamite against dynamite, an all lefthander matchup of unbeaten Edwin Valero against Megamanny.
The thought occurs that Pacman promoter Bob Arum can make Valero-Pacquiao easily enough since he promotes both.
Arum keeps saying that the Venezeulan needs to raise his public profile and he’s right, as per usual, in that regard.
Valero needs a springboard, an opponent who is well regarded and who he can shine like new money against.
Arum has one such fighter and Golden Boy has another.
There’s been talk of Valero, who has knocked out all of his opponents, fighting Breidis Prescott, heavyhanded Colombian who upset Amir Khan in one frantic round, on Arum’s July 25 “Latin Fury” show.
But Valero’s new manager, Jose Castillo, has made it plain that a victory over Prescott, a complete uknown to the American audience, means nothing. It will not raise Valero’s stock or get the vicious Venezuelan any closer to a Pacman Jackpot bout.
So Arum can feed Valero his 130-pound champion Humberto Soto late this summer or he can opt for Cuban cutie Joel Casamayor who is pressing Golden Boy for a payday bout.
Soto, while tough as nails, is the more ordinary opponent. Lefty Casamayor is a future Hall Of Famer and a good, winning effort against him could catapult Valero into Pacland.
Valero-Soto or Valero-Casamayor will have to take place in Texas or Mexico, most likely, as Valero is not licensed in any other state due to his old brain injury from a motorcycle accident.
If Valero can move into Pacman’s magic circle, it would be interesting to see his favorite dictator Hugo Chavez puffing a cigar at ringside.
Valero has a tattoo of the Venezuelan leader across his chest. Which only goes to prove that there is no part of the word "dictator" that Edwin Valero does not understand.
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