Touted as the most explosive fight on the horizon, a Pacquiao-Valero fight is a boxing fan's dream. Valero burst into the boxing firmament with a spectacular 17 knockout wins in the very first round in his first 17 fights sending tremors in the featherweight division. Some have doubted Valero's run saying that Valero only fought patsies but Valero proved his worth by knocking out the highly regarded Vicente Mosquera of Panama en route to capturing Mosquera's WBA super featherweight belt. Valero is now 22-0 winning all knockouts.

Pacquiao, on the other hand, have registered a 12-1-2 slate with 10 KOs against a much higher opposition ever since he caught the world boxing audience by storm when he knocked out Lehlohonolo Ledwaba in 2001 to capture the IBF super bantam title. Pacquiao had demolished future hall of famers and Mexican legends Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales and had knocked down three times the supremely-conditioned Juan Manuel Marquez in the first round en route to becoming boxing's foster child.

A Pacquiao-Valero fight at this time could probably draw comparison to a Hagler-Hearns fight where the winner would be decided on which fighter could endure the opponent's power.

Bob Arum: I knew Valero would kill himself to escape prison cage
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, 20 Apr 2010

Top Rank head honcho Bob Arum said the suicide by hanging in a Venezuelan jail cell was "the first sensible thing" that undefeated world lightweight champion boxer Edwin "El Inca" Valero had done lately. Read full story

Brian’s Boxing Mailbag (Edwin Valero Murders Wife. Manny Pacquiao Fight May Never Happen Now if Found Guilty.)
By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, 19 Apr 2010
Hello readers, I welcome you to my mailbag, although I wish that the main topic today was not so grim. Various news outlets reported that WBC Lightweight Champion Edwin Valero was arrested in suspicion of murdering his wife. Valero has reportedly admitted guilt already. Words cannot describe how Read full story

Future Manny Pacquiao opponent Valero arrested on suspicion of wife's murder
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, 19 Apr 2010
World champion boxer Edwin Valero, the WBC lightweight belt holder, was arrested today in Venezuela on suspicion of stabbing his wife to death. She was young, beautiful, and clearly with the wrong man. The agony of her horrific murder will be compounded for family and relatives because she bore Read full story

World Exclusive: Edwin Valero's Manager on the problems in Venezuela & a fight with Manny Pacquiao
By Brent Matteo Alderson, Examiner.com, 02 Apr 2010
The internet is a funny thing. Sometimes information is printed and then a website finds it on a search engine and prints it and then a bunch of other sites print that information which could all be based on the first inaccurate article. That may not be what happened with the stories on Edwin Valero Read full story

Is this the end of the line for Edwin Valero?
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, 26 Mar 2010

For a fighter who had experienced many setbacks in recent years, WBC Lightweight champion Edwin Valero seemed poised for a big 2010 campaign. On February 6th of this year the Venezuelan complet Read full story

Possibly abusive Edwin Valero gets no shot at Pacquiao now
By Matt Stolow, Examiner.com, 26 Mar 2010
DALLAS, TEXAS - Count unbeaten whirlwind Edwin Valero of Venezuela out as the next piñata to be popped by Manny Pacquiao. Valero, 27-0 (27 KO's), already banned from fighting in the USA with a DUI and a plate in his head, allegedly beat up his wife enough to collapse a lung and cause other bumps Read full story

Wife brutalized, Edwin Valero's big money, Pacquiao dreams may be dashed
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, 26 Mar 2010
Had they ever crossed gloves, I'm pretty sure that the versatile and swift Manny Pacquiao would have stuck a fork in the undefeated career of big puncher Edwin Valero. A fight between the Pinoy Idol and the Vicious Venezolano has always seemed remote, at best, but now Valero may have stuck a fork Read full story

Edwin Valero: Bring on the Best
By Gina Caliboso, RingsideReport.com, 25 Mar 2010

The KO King. Edwin “Dinamita” Valero is appropriately titled a knockout puncher because his 27-0, 27 KO’s, record speaks for itself. As the current WBC Lightweight titleholder, he has suc Read full story

Valero and Marquez Should Face Each Other to Make a Case at Challenging King-of-the-hill Pacquiao
By Reylan Loberternos, Socyberty.com, 25 Mar 2010
All roads lead to Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao! Tungod, Inabanga, Bohol – In the undying Pacquiao-Mayweather saga, two contrasting fighters are somehow left out in the cold. One is a hungry young lion vigorously trying to seek recognition, while the other one continues to struggle to keep his no Read full story

If not Mayweather then who do fans want as Pacquiao's next opponent?
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, 21 Mar 2010

From the looks of things, Bob Arum is eager to avoid any prolonged and potentially difficult negotiations for Pacquiao's next fight. To that end he seems to b Read full story

After election, who's next for Manny?
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, 19 Mar 2010
Now that pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao has easily outpointed Joshua Clottey in a stunningly one-sided decision win on Saturday night at Cowboys Stadium, he's headed back to the Philippines to run for congress. The reason he insisted on fighting in March was so he would have enough time to camp Read full story

From Timothy Bradley to Manny Pacquiao: The Targets of Edwin Valero
By Daniel “Tex” Cohen, RingsideReport.com, 22 Feb 2010

Edwin “Dinamita” Valero, 27-0, 27 KO’s, has been on the boxing scene long enough for many of the “mainstream” fans of the sport to finally develop some sort of opinion on h Read full story

Valero: I want big fights
By Robert Coster, FightNews.com, 13 Feb 2010
Returning to his native Venezuela this week, WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero was his usual talkative, ebullient self and made no bones about upping his level of opposition and wanting to fight the biggest name fighters. “I think I proved against Antonio DeMarco that I can box as well as Read full story

Pacquiao isn’t the only name on team Valero’s hit list
By Rota Em, Diamond Boxing, 13 Feb 2010
The brawny Merida, Venezuela native sure knows how to pack a punch but the bigger question was surrounding his boxing skills. I believe most of our reservations were removed once we were able to definitively see what the feared southpaw was able to do to a rather durable and skilled Antonio DeMarco. Read full story

Meet the man to rival Pacquiao
By Phil Barnett, Morning Star Online, 12 Feb 2010
Boxing comment: Venezuelan boxer and Chavez fan Edwin Valero is arguably more exciting than the Filipino star Anyone still sulking about the collapse of Manny Pacquiao's blockbuster clash with Floyd Mayweather Jnr might just be about to perk up. The possibility of a scrap between Pacquiao an Read full story

Manny Pacquiao vs. Edwin Valero, We Can Dream
By , The Boxing Historian, 12 Feb 2010
One of life’s lessons is that dreams and fantasies are not bound by the same rules as reality, so hop on and join me in the Pacquiao vs. Valero fantasy express. Let’s start our journey with HBO’s 24/7. First off, would this fight need such a promotion, with the savagery that w Read full story

PACQUIAO-VALERO WOULD BE MUST-SEE
By Phil Barnett, Sportinglife.com (UK), 11 Feb 2010

Anyone still sulking about the collapse of Manny Pacquiao's blockbuster clash with Floyd Mayweather might just be about to perk up. The possibility of a scrap between Pacquiao and Edwin Valero will drag even the m Read full story

EDWIN VALERO HAS ARRIVED, BUT ISN’T YET READY FOR PACQUIAO
By Tim Harrison, FightHype.com, 10 Feb 2010
Edwin Valero was something of an unknown commodity prior to Saturday, February 6. You could watch clips of his highlight reel knockouts on YouTube, but the quality of the picture left out many of the wrinkles we saw Saturday night. Due to a ban by the NYSAC, and Visa problems stemming from a DUI con Read full story

Pacquiao-Valero: They Should Have Made this Fight Ages Ago
By Kenneth Ragpala, 8countnews, 10 Feb 2010
After a sensational knockout victory over Antonio De Marco, WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero is pretty much within his rights to seek more lucrative fights against stellar names in boxing. But talking a fight with Pacquiao, that is stretching the envelope a bit. It is no secret that Valero Read full story