
Legal immigrants to the United States who haven’t acquired citizenship yet can lose their residency by being found guilty of a felony. immigration system but in Valero’s case I believe his legal problems not his political stance is what caused him visa problems. I’ve blogged many times about the broken U.S.

Valero has an image of Chavez tattooed on his chest along with a Venezuelan flag.Īuthorities say that Valero has a pending drunken driving charge in Texas, which is the primary reason he was denied a visa. government of discrimination, saying he had completed all the necessary paperwork and that his application wasn’t approved in time because of his sympathy for Venezuela President Hugo Chavez – a fierce critic of the U.S. visa prevented him from defending his title in Las Vegas last month against junior lightweight champion Humberto Soto. The fight Saturday night was held just outside Caracas – Valero’s first fight since problems renewing his U.S. So when AB signs to fight one organization’s challenger, the remaining group strips him of the other title. He has to defend his belt, but both boxing organizations demand the fighter take on the highest ranked challenger. 'I feel so alone,' he said to the police who led him to the cells. Say fighter AB wins the WBA and WBC flyweight title. Valero, in the last few hours of his 28-year-old life, even wrote the perfect, macabre exit line. Unification are given a great deal publicity but they are a very transparent gimmick. Valero, in the last few hours of his 28-year-old life, even wrote the perfect, macabre exit line. Valero is already planning to defend the title in early 2010 against Antonio DeMarco, who holds the interim WBC belt.

It was Valero’s first defense since winning the belt in April with a second-round knockout of Antonio Pitalua in Austin, Texas. But the feisty Venezuelan kept attacking, giving Velazquez (51-14-2) his third loss in four fights. The 28-year-old Valero (26-0, 26 KOs) was bleeding from an eyebrow and his nose after a pair of accidental head-butts early in the fight. From AP-Įdwin Valero stopped veteran Hector Velazquez after six rounds Saturday night to keep his WBC lightweight title in a town on Venezuela’s Caribbean coast. 15 likes, 0 comments - Like 2 Fight (like2fight) on Instagram: The Latest Like 2 Fight Article Edwin Valero - The Man, The Myth, The To Be Legend Is. IMHO this fight was just a tune up for the Venezuelan. Joe Oneill FebruMan, what a weekend of great fights If you missed them, I’ve provided a short recap of each fight on Showtime over the weekend.
