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Venezuelan Prospect Talks Floyd Mayweather, Edwin Valero

By Elie SeckbachJan 26th 2011 – 6:56AM

Elie Seckbach, the Embedded Correspondent, brings his exclusive video reporting to FanHouse. Check back regularly for more videos. Junior middleweight (154 pounds) prospect Alfonso Blanco of Venezuela, who is 2-0, with one knockout, and a Golden Boy Promotions' signee, trains at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in...

Brandon Rios-Miguel Acosta, Humberto Soto-Urbano Antillon Set

By Lem SatterfieldDec 23rd 2010 – 2:47PM

Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum told FanHouse on Thursday that rising lightweight (135 pounds) star Brandon Rios (pictured at right, on the left) will make a Showtime televised, Feb. 26 appearance opposite WBA king Miguel Acosta at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The 24-year-old Rios (26-0-1, 19 KOs) is coming off...

Lamont Peterson Survives Canvas, Cold Against Victor Ortiz

By Lem SatterfieldDec 14th 2010 – 12:14PM

Junior welterweight (140 pounds) contender Lamont Peterson (pictured above, at right) was nearly a year away from the memory of the first loss of his career and the biggest fight of his life when he entered the ring for last Saturday night's HBO televised, Golden Boy Promotions match up opposite southpaw counter part...

Lamont Peterson-Victor Ortiz Ends in Majority Draw

By Lem SatterfieldDec 11th 2010 – 3:34PM

By the time that junior welterweight (140 pounds) contender Lamont Peterson stepped into the ring for Saturday night's HBO televised, Golden Boy Promotions match up at the Mandalay Bay Hotel opposite southpaw counter part Victor Ortiz , it had been nearly a year ago to the day that the Washington, D.C., resident suffered...

Victor Ortiz-Lamont Peterson: A Fight For Redemption

By Lem SatterfieldDec 9th 2010 – 7:15PM

By the time that junior welterweight (140 pounds) contender, Lamont Peterson (pictured at right), steps into the ring for Saturday night's HBO televised, Golden Boy Promotions match up at the Mandalay Bay Hotel opposite southpaw counter part Victor Ortiz, it will have been nearly a year ago to the day that the Washington,...

Background on Edwin Valero

Edwin Valero (December 3, 1981 – April 19, 2010) was a Venezuelan professional boxer. He was born in Bolero Alto, and raised in El Vigía (both locations in Mérida, Venezuela).

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