Did We Miss The Fight of The Year?
 By Julian Kasdin (Aug 9, 2006) Photo © German Villasenor
As many internet boxing aficionados know Vincente ‘El Loco’ Mosquera, 24-2-1 (12), lost to Edwin ‘Dinamita’ Valero, 20-0 (20). Valero, who is Doug Fischer’s adopted son, won the WBA super featherweight championship via stirring ten round technical knockout. Those of us who followed the excellent round by rounds provided by some Spanish speaking posters read about what could have possibly be the fight of the year.
The fight started out with a bang with Valero dropping Mosquera twice in the first round. The second round would continue to see Valero on top but Mosquera fought back hard and would drop Valero in the third round. The fight would go back and forth with each man standing toe to toe and trading furious power punches. Eventually it would be Valero
that seemed to tire and Mosquera would jump on him and attack the body. That was until Valero got a second wind and apparently started to apply better boxing technique and rained punches on Mosquera eventually stopping his very game but outgunned foe.
Now obviously I did not see this fight, and it is because of that I cannot say for sure that it is the fight of the year. However from the chatter on the boards it seems as if Mosquera vs. Valero would have given Hagler vs. Hearns or Castillo vs. Corrales a run for its money.
I have been a fan of Valero since Dougie first showed him to the public three years ago. Like Dougie I saw the skill, explosive power, speed and desire in this young man. It is great that Edwin has won his first title, and it is also good to see that Edwin can recover from fading early to comeback and win big. Plus it is apparent that he can provide boxing fans with exciting fights which can only help him and boxing as a whole. Now I do believe that despite the win it would be better if Edwin did not go for the quick knockout from now on and that he uses his considerable boxing skills to break down his foes. It is his boxing skills that impressed many of us early on, and it is that ability that I think can take him further than any other aspect of his game. Hopefully the video of Valero’s fight can be uploaded somewhere, and hopefully this young talented man can fight in the United States again and become one of the great fighters of our era.
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