The book provides a more complete look at Valero’s life than was previously available and helps us better see the circumstances behind a tumultuous career. Stradley chronicles the poverty of Valero’s early years in Venezuela, a motorcycle accident that would have lasting effects, his legacy as one of the best knockout artists of recent years, and then the murder and suicide, both the subject of various conspiracy theories, that became fodder for innumerable threads on internet message boards. Don Stradley’s book, Berserk: The Shocking Life and Death of Edwin Valero, gives us a fuller portrait of the Venezuelan sensation, his talents, his troubles, and the tragic end of his life.īerserk is part of the Hamilcar Noir series from Hamilcar Publications, a line up of intriguing titles that combine big names from boxing with lurid true crime tales (Stradley already has another volume in the burgeoning series, Slaughter In The Streets) and clearly, the story of Edwin Valero makes for an apt entry. And as a result most fight fans lack a clear perspective on Valero as both a person and a prizefighter. Ever since, the tale of the boxer some called “El Terminator” has been at the center of speculation and swirling rumors. The story of Edwin Valero is one boxing fans know because of his famously all-action, go-for-broke style-he won all 27 of his pro bouts by knockout-and because of its horrific end when Valero murdered his wife before committing suicide in a jail cell.
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