He won the WBA super-featherweight world title in 2006 and defended it five times before stepping up in weight. Valero defeated Antonio Pitalua to win the WBC lightweight world title and made two defences of the belt. Valero fought Colombia's Antonio Pitalua for the vacant WBC title and demolished him in just two rounds to win a world title in a second weight division. Just a month later Valero and his wife were both dead. Some reports said that Valero and his wife Jennifer, who was also a drug user, were travelling to Cuba to a rehab centre.

Source: Daily Mail July 04, 2020 08:33 UTC