Quote Originally Posted by Vendettos View Post
I ask because I never had the pleasure of seeing him fight. I've did my research and 27(27)-0-0 is a great record, but not many "names" on his list.

I'm curious to how he'd hold up to the boxing skills of Ricky Burns or Manny Pacquiao at lightweight and would he even have been able to hit Floyd Mayweather at all?

I mean the toughest fight he had was arguably Antonio DeMarco who Adrian Broner just stopped a round quicker than Valero.

The sad thing is, I heard his name a lot when he was alive and decided I'd check him out later, I was wrong and that's still a bitter taste.

I'm not at all sure if this has been brought up before, but I'm just trying to gain some knowledge.
Had the pleasure of watching his career from about 2005 on and realized quite quickly that he was a wing nut and a ticking time bomb. Perhaps it was the head injury from the motor cycle crash when he was not wearing a helmet. I kind of felt bad for him while he toiled in Japan not being able to fight in the States or Europe. Of course Texas finally gave in after years of clean Mri's but they would license a two toed sloth for a fight.

Fun guy to watch. He could not box his way out of an open doorway but had a horse kick with both hands. A real game changer. I think his boxing was starting to improve and he was working on it because those around him knew full well that a punch only gets you so far. His domestic problems almost mirrored Monzons but I tried to leave his personal life outside the ring experience. I did end up disliking him for killing his wife and then himself.

His first round ko streak is impressive but its just a shade above Brunsons new record as far as competition goes but there can be no denying of his Jackson like 1 shot power.