After winning the WBC title in one of the hottest boxing matches at the Mandalay Bay, boxing promoter Bob Arum said that he's working in all the necessary arrangement for Pacquiao’s first WBC title defense against the indomitable Knock Out artiste Edwin Valero in what is going to be Valero’s first fight in Las Vegas.

Arum said that he was close to making a deal with Valero’s manager Akihiko Honda “Hopefully, I will be able to finalize it this week. I think we are in a position to close the deal” Arum said. Arum also said that Valero is “the phenomenal kid who has won every single fight by knockout.”

Born in 1981 in Venezuela, Valero won the super featherweight title with a 10th-round TKO over Vicente Mosquera on August 5^th, 2006 and has defended his title four times, the last defense was on last June 12^th, when he scored a seventh-round TKO over the Japanese boxer Takehiro Shimada. Valero holds a record of 19 first-round knockouts in 24 fights, all of which he won by knockout; however, he hasn’t combat against top-caliber boxers so far.

Arum said that so far, only the state of Texas has licensed Valero to fight in the US. Valero signed up with Golden Boy Promotions and failed a brain scan in 2004 in New York and was not given permission to uphold combats in the US. Valero was involved in motorcycle accident in February 2001, fractured his skull and had cranial surgery to remove a blood clot. Last March he was given permission to fight by the Texas Commission and Arum is hoping Nevada will follow Texas’ decision.

According to Arum expectations, the Pacquiao vs. Valero fight may take place in Sin City next November. “This is after the Nevada State Athletic Commission reviews the paper work and approve Valero to fight in Nevada. Everybody who knows anything about boxing can’t wait for that fight.” said Arum

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