![]() ![]() Never one to pitta pat his way around a training partner, Edwin would let lose which had even the toughest of men turning down the chance of future workouts. In fact trainers at the time say they had issues getting him out of the ring where his gym wars (sparring sessions) have become Internet sensations. In a past interview Douglass Fisher who at the time was writing for said that this would have beaten a lesser fighter in fact going as far as to say 75 – 95% but Edwin must have been in the minority because instead of turning his back on the sport which had held so much promise he dedicated himself more to it. Once a fighter, always a fighter Edwin made a quick recovery with eyes firmly set on the professional ranks but here is where his world turned upside down because there was now a concern amongst sanctioning bodies, due to the trauma caused from the accident the people making the decision were hesitant to make future fights with Edwin especially in America. The accident caused life threatening injuries and left him with a fractured skull which resulted in him needing to be rushed onto the operating table to have a procedure to remove a blood clot. On February 2001 Valero’s world was turned on its head literally, wearing no helmet he was involved in a motorcycle accident which almost cut short his boxing career before it had enough time to get started. So it was just a matter of time before El Dinamita (The Dynamite) exploded on to the professional scene but like everything associated with Edwin, nothing was that straight forward. The boxing gym was a place where he felt at home, making his amateur debut aged 12 Edwin it has been said was a natural in a time where he racked up a reported 86 wins against just 6 loses becoming and defending the Venezuelan amateur title on three occasions as well as also taking top honours at the Central and South American Championships His mother and father separated while he was still young, aged twelve Edwin was left homeless left to fend for himself in a city that took no prisoners, he would occasionally find shelter in a local boxing gym or more often than not tough it out in the unforgiving streets of Merida. Born into poverty in the tough streets of Merida in Venezuela, Edwin Valero was no stranger to standing his ground undeterred by weight or height he quickly made a name for himself as a street thug, where he and his friends would ride around the tight streets of Venezuela looking to steal and rob for personal gain.
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