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    Default Ex-boxing champ Edwin Valero hung himself in cell


    CARACAS, Venezuela -- Former boxing champ Edwin Valero committed suicide in his jail cell on Monday just hours after he was arrested in his wife's killing, police said.



    The former lightweight champion used his own clothes to hang himself in his cell early Monday, Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters. He said Valero tied his clothes to a cell bar to hang himself.

    He said Valero was found by another inmate, who alerted authorities in the police lockup in north-central Carabobo state. Valero still showed signs of life, but they were unable to save him, Flores said.

    The 28-year-old was detained Sunday on suspicion of killing his wife, the gravest in a string of problems that had threatened to derail his career. Prosecutors said Sunday night that they had planned to charge Valero after they found the body of his 24-year-old wife in a hotel in Valencia.

    The boxer left the hotel room around dawn Sunday and allegedly told security he had killed Jennifer Viera, Flores said.

    The fighter was a household name in Venezuela and had a huge image of President Hugo Chavez tattooed on his chest, along with the country's yellow, blue and red flag.

    His all-action style and 27-0 record -- all by knockouts -- earned him a reputation as a tough, explosive crowd-pleaser. Venezuelans called him "Inca," alluding to an Indian warrior, while elsewhere he was called "Dinamita," or dynamite.

    The former WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight champion had been in trouble with the law before.

    Last month, Valero was charged with harassing his wife and threatening medical personnel who treated her at a hospital in the western city of Merida. Police arrested Valero following an argument with a doctor and nurse at the hospital, where his wife was being treated for a series of injuries, including a punctured lung and broken ribs.

    The Attorney General's Office said in a statement that Valero was detained March 25 on suspicion of assaulting his wife, but his wife told a police officer her injuries were due to a fall. When the boxer arrived moments later, he forbade Viera from speaking to the police officer, and spoke threateningly to the officer, prosecutors said in a statement.

    The Attorney General's Office said a prosecutor had asked a court to order Valero jailed but that the judge instead placed him under a restraining order that barred him from going near his wife, a condition he repeatedly violated.

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    Tragedy after tragedy for Valero. Sayang jud.

    RIP Edwin.
    Last edited by lunateec22; 04-19-2010 at 09:03 PM.

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    would have been a future Pacquiao opponent

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    rest in peace....

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    RIP Valero, sayang

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    tsk tsk tsk . . na shocked ko news dah . . RIP Valero . .

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    sayang kaayo iyang punching power dah...pero saon naa guroy problema sa pangutok tungod siguro sa accidente nahitabo niya sauna..RIP edwin valero.. looya sab sa mga anak oy

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    wow. bag-o pa gani ko kabasa sa news nga namatay iya asawa, then cya ang suspect. karon kay naghikog naman nuon cya. tsk tsk tsk. may he rest in peace.

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    Diin ni ga sugod... sa kwarta.

    Nagka problema na tingali si Valero ug iya asawa sa budget kay gamay ra man ang maani nya so boxing gud. Dili man na sya mka away sa Amerika, kay pag 2001 na aksidente man sya sa motor nya na-brain damage sya, nya most states sa amerika ginadili man sila muhatag ug licensya sa mga boksidor nga naay brain damage. Kutob ra sya mu away sa South Amerika ug Japan. Nya without HBO and PPVs, no enough sponsors, ug poor advertisements sa iyang mga away... gamay ra jud kwarta maani.

    Ga away sila hinuon sa iyang asawa, then gidunggab. Mau na ni. Sayanga tawhana, di pa man unta to late ba. Niya ra pud gi-guba iyang promising career nga iyang gi pinangkamutan sukad pag sugod nya sa boxing.

    RIP Edwin Valero †

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    Sayang jud, he's a very promising and talented boxer..
    Luoy pud iya wife, maamo ug inosente ra ba kaayo to ug itsura..

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    photo: philboxing.com

    ah sayanga oi..tsk tsk..sayang jud kau..naguol ko..

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