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THE CASE OF EDWIN VALERO
Edwin Valero was starting to make quite a name for himself as an unbeaten rising star in the boxing world only a few months ago. Fighting both in Venezuela and the Los Angeles area, the young super featherweight from Venezuela had run up a remarkable streak: 12 fights, 12 knockouts, and all in the first round.
Granted, Valero's opponents weren't exactly world class, with only half of them ever having won a pro fight. But that list of his fallen foes did include at least one seasoned fighter, Roque Cassiani, who went into his fight with Valero on Aug. 28, 2003, in Irvine, CA, with a record of 21-13-2. He, too, went out in the first round.
Valero's story was picked up by Doug Fischer of MaxBoxing.com, who reported on this intriguing prospect and had videotaped footage of him training posted on that site. All this caught the attention of Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, and all of a sudden Valero was booked to come to New York to fight on De La Hoya's Jan. 29 "Boxeo de Oro" card, televised live on HBO Latino. This was to be Valero's first televised fight in the U.S., and the anticipation among boxing aficionados was great.
But Valero never fought on that card, or any since.
Like all professional fighters, Valero had to pass a set of medical examinations conducted by the New York State Athletic Commission. Unlike other states, New York requires a CAT scan of the head. Basically, a CAT scan provides a three-dimensional image of the interior of whatever is being looked at. Valero's CAT scan, and a subsequent MRI, revealed a spot on his brain that was believed to be caused by some serious head trauma.
After these tests, Valero admitted that he had been in a serious motorcycle accident in 2001, and had had surgery during which a piece of his skull was removed from the back of his head. He had also kept all of this a secret from all of his trainers and management because of the obvious fear that he would not be allowed to fight -- which is what ended up happening anyway.
Doug Fischer, who had come from Los Angeles to New York just to cover Valero's fight, examined Valero after this medical report was revealed, and wrote, "If you run your hand back there, you can feel the scars left from the operation, and you can also feel that part of his scalp is softer than the other areas of his head."
Now the doctors are debating just how serious this spot on his brain is, if he has or ever had a blood clot, and how dangerous that soft portion of his skull in the back of his head is if he were to fight again. But the New York commission, on the order of Dr. Barry Jordan, still has Valero under medical suspension.
Whether or not that will ever change is now being considered, but it is not a stretch to argue that Edwin Valero's life may have been spared by this CAT scan and MRI. A fighter with 12 first-round knockouts in 12 fights is obviously not getting hit that much during his fights, although he may be getting clobbered in the gym.
Nonetheless, every pro fighter at one time or another gets walloped for real in the head. What might have happened to Valero is frightening and sickening to speculate about. |
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