Former WBC lightweight champion “El Terminator” Edwin Valero committed suicide in his Venezuelan prison cell earlier this morning a day after he was accused of murdering his wife.
Venezuelan authorities revealed that Valero (27-0, 27 KOs) admitted that he killed his wife, Jennifer Viera, in a hotel in Valencia and he was arrested on Sunday.
Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores told reporters that “El Terminator” used his clothes to hang himself to death at a police lockup in north-central Carabobo state.
“A classic case of addition by subtraction,” said Quincy resident Mike Cardello, 29. “Valero is subhuman.”
Just last month, Valero, a southpaw who once established a world record by winning his first 18 prizefights by first round knockout, was forced by court orders to seek help after he was taken into custody on charges that he harassed his wife and threatened medical personnel who treated her in a hospital.
Valero was a fan favorite primarily due to the explosive knockout power that he possessed in his fists.
Additionally, many boxing fans were enamored with Valero’s reckless and frenetic style of boxing in the ring.
Sadly, and somewhat pathetically, Valero’s reckless and frenetic style outside the ring was always more of a legitimate concern than anything he managed to accomplish in the squared circle.
This weekend’s grave tragedy was the third time in seven months that Valero had been implicated of violently beating members of his family.
Last September, Valero was fingered for physically attacking his mother and sister.
Unfortunately, despite the ample evidence to the contrary, Valero’s kin ultimately refused to acknowledge that “El Terminator” was a sadistic menace and they declined to press charges.
Prior to being stabbed to death by Valero, Viera lay in a hospital bed in late-March with a punctured lung and broken ribs.
At the medical center where his wounded wife was admitted, the scumbag scrapper became incensed toward a cop he believed was pressuring his better-half to admit that her injuries stemmed from domestic abuse.
Like she wrongly had in similar incidents that transpired previously, Viera defended Valero and proclaimed his innocence.
Edwin Valero was a great boxing talent who, with the proper mindset, could have become one of the greatest pound-for-pound pugilists in the history of the sport.
Regrettably, Edwin Valero instead was a repugnant individual who descended into a cold-blooded killer.
The world is a better place today because Edwin Valero took his own life.
Disappointingly, the pugilist didn’t kill himself before he slaughtered his 24-year-old spouse.
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