Jose Castillo, Edwin Valero's Manager, Speaks About Boxer's 'Tragic' Death

Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Boxing Gossip, Boxing Rumors, HBO, Showtime, FanHouse Exclusive, IBO In the ring, WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero was the perfect weapon: a hard-punching, embodiment of ferocity who was 27-0, with 27 knockouts. Out of the ring, the 28-year-old Valero was "a monster," according to one report, his drunken, violent behavior leading to admittedly stabbing his wife to death on Sunday, and to his suicide on Monday. Valero's decision to hang himself in a Venezuelan jail cell was "the first sensible thing" that he did, Examiner reporter Michael Marley quoted the fighter's promoter, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, as saying. "There's no need, no reason to play the blame game here. There were a lot of people, including his boxing manager [Jose Castillo] and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who tried to help this troubled guy out," said Arum of Valero, whose actions have orphaned son Edwin, 8, and daughter Rosselin, 5. &...