I'll stick my neck out on this one, but before I do I just thought I would start this topic as I’m sure this will be well discussed.

Sometimes in boxing, and sport in general, we have upsets, the unexpected, and of course the predictable happens. I’m not being big headed but when Barrera fought Prince Naz Hamed I predicted that Barrera would win, when Hatton fought Tzsyu again I predicted that Hatton would win.

So that leads me to this prediction, first of all I’m a big fan of Pacquiao, Morales, Barrera and Marquez although I feel Marquez hasn’t achieved the heights of the other three. You may recall a while ago I started a topic called Fabulous Four Part 2 as I was extremely confident that these fighters would mix it up with each other and be good for boxing.

I also predicted that Pacquiao would be one of the best in boxing, as I’ve been following him since he had his long hair and big moushtache, but anyway here goes..

I’ll stick my neck out and predict that Valero can beat Pacquiao, it’s no way near a sure bet and yes you will say “who has Valero fought? Nobody” but all boxers have to fight somebody first and beat them, and I feel this would be Valero’s chance, I’m not saying that Valero’s better than Pacquiao, all I’m saying is in there first meeting we will have a lot more respect for Valero and of course if Valero wins there will be second fight which Pacquiao will win.

I’ll leave it at that for now as I have to get back to work, but I will come back and give the reason for my prediction.