Quote Originally Posted by amat View Post
Yeah he did. A pretty highly regarded Humberto Soto who a lot of people wanted to see fight Pac.
Back on the subject of Valero. Part of what made him such a phenom, in addition to his knockout streak, was his high profile sparring sessions. Here is one of them with Bobby Pacquiao conquerer Urano Antillon. It's old but, given Urbano's big win, it's worth another look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lSag1bYcUs
So impressive is Valero in these sparring sessions, makes me think he can box a little.
I don't think it was because of how good Soto was that made people want to see him fight Manny, it was more of Soto just knocked out Bobby Pacquiao. It was more of "you beat my brother, now see if you could beat me?" Similar to the Donaire brothers and Darchynian situation...