Edwin Valero On Suspiccion of Killing His wife Jennifer Viera

Boxing once again is in the news for the wrong reasons. ?Edwin  Valero, the former WBC lightweight champion who has had numerous  troubles since he came on the scene a few years ago, is now being held  in a Venezuela jail on suspicion that he murdered his wife Jennifer  Viera.

Former lightweight champion Edwin Valero was detained Sunday on  suspicion of killing his wife, the gravest in a string of problems that  have threatened to derail his career.

The security workers at the hotel are claiming that Edwin Valero told  them that he had killed his wife.  Police discovered that Jennifer Viera  was stabbed three times and also two weeks prior Viera was hospitalized  due to a punctured lung and broken ribs suffered allegedly by the hands  of Edwin Valero.

Valero entered a Venezuelan rehabilitation center under on March 28  for treatment of drug and alcohol  addiction. The Valero's attorney said Viera was injured when she  fell down a flight of stairs at the couple's home while checking a water  tank located on the roof.

Valero then intended to go to Cuba to train and undergo  rehabilitation counseling, but instead missed his flight and crashed his  car. Drunk, he attempted to flee the scene. Last week, says  Jhonny Gonzalez at BoxingScene.com, Valero’s “inner circle” told  reporters that the fighter had been beating his wife.

Venezuelan Federal Police Chief Wilmer Flores said Valero was  arrested after  police found the body of his 20-year-old wife in a hotel in Valencia.  Valero  left the hotel room around dawn on Sunday and allegedly told security  that he  had killed Jennifer Viera, Flores said.

With a pro record of 27-0, and recognized as the WBC  lightweight champ, Valero has been pumped as the next big thing in  Boxing… however, if these allegations of murder pan out to be true…  we will probably never again see him inside a boxing ring again.  If  Valero killed his wife, he will deserve nothing more than a very long  jail sentence.

This horrific tragedy will very likely end the promising career of the  exceptionally talented and exciting boxer from Venezuela who was  mentioned as a potential future opponent for Manny Pacquiao.

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