Quote Originally Posted by pacfan
'musta ka na, pare. I think if he really plan to retire next year, this is the fight he should take and if possible, also one with Barrios. If he can prove himself there, then nobody will say that he has beaten aging ol' warriors again - he just has to fight some younger, stronger fighters to prove himself before his critics. I think there is no point for him fighting either Barrera or Marquez coz he has nothing to gain there, I mean even if he wins, they'll just say that he has beaten an old, fading boxer again.
mabuti naman p're. you know i agree with the article writer. at this point valero wouldn't be able to hang with manny. note how valero faded in the mid rounds and mosquera was backing him up. valero finished mosquera off only after he caught his second wind. i also noticed how valero would back out and pace himself a few times when mosquera was ready for the taking. put the pacman in edwin's place and he would have disposed of mosquera earlier.

of course valero, with the power he possesses, could knock manny out but it would probably be in the early rounds as valero's power fades as the fight progresses.