Valero is a guy I like. He goes for the KO. I mean that's all he does. Hands all the way apart and most of the time halfway down his stomach. Rarely goes to the body. Loads up on every punch. Just a balls to the wall type of guy. But to his credit he has very good timing. He's incredibly active in punching while still managing to throw meaningful blows. Actually a pretty good situational puncher, always throws the right punch when he has to. He fights well in that "in between zone", not so much the outside and not so much the inside. Valero also has a tremendous punch arsenal and works equally well with straights, hooks and uppercuts. And for the most part he knows when to throw those punches. He can open up with any of those and all are long punches and allow him to keep range. Actually a pretty good situational puncher, always throws the right punch when he has to. Good example of this being in the 6th round versus Mosquera how he opened up his punches at different times against Mosquera. Mosquera gave a lot of different looks defensively. He tried to square up and keep his hands in front of his face a couple times in which Valero hooked around with the right and then followed to the body. Then seconds later Mosquera would go into more of a conventional stance with the left and Valero would punch over the jab with his left. Very impressed at his awareness on the offensive side of things.

Awesome offensive fighter. No defense. I think JMM gets hit flush a few times, maybe even dropped like you said but ultimately he's a sharp crisp counter puncher who should beat Valero handily imo. You never know though. Valero has great heart and a pretty good chin considering the amount of times Mosquera hit him flush.

I think Valero matches better with Pacquiao then he does JMM.