Berserk, Don Stradley
Berserk, Don Stradley
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Berserk
The Shocking Life and Death of Edwin Valero

Author: Don Stradley

Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla

Unabridged: 2 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/19/2022


Synopsis

Within the dark pages of Berserk: The Shocking Life and Death of Edwin Valero, author Don Stradley uncovers the gritty details of the undefeated (27-0, 27 KO), troubled, boxer Edwin Valero.

Edwin Valero's life was like a rocket shot into a wall. With a perfect knockout record in twenty-seven fights, the demonic Venezuelan boxer, known as "El Inca" and "El Dinamita," seemed destined for a clash with all-time great Manny Pacquiao. But the Fates had other ideas.

Fueled by cocaine and booze and paranoia, Valero blazed into a mania that derailed his career in the ring and resulted in the brutal death of his young wife Jennifer–and soon afterward, his own. In chilling detail, Don Stradley captures one of the darkest and most sensational boxing stories in recent memory, which, until now, has never been fully told.

Filled with firsthand accounts from the men who trained Valero and the reporters who covered him, as well as insights from psychologists and forensic experts, Berserk is a hell-ride of a book.

About Don Stradley

Don Stradley is the author of The War: Hagler-Hearns and Three Rounds for the Ages, Berserk: The Shocking Life and Death of Edwin Valero, Slaughter in the Streets: When Boston Became Boxing's Murder Capital, A Fistful of Murder: The Fights and Crimes of Carlos Monzon, Schooled, a dual biography of Lebron James and Jim Morris, and a chapter in The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists by Bert Sugar and Teddy Atlas. Stradley is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in publications including The Ring, Ringside Seat, and ESPN.com. Along with his boxing coverage, he's written about baseball, NASCAR, and professional wrestling. When not writing about sports, he's written about the movies for such magazines as Cinema Retro and Noir City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jason on February 02, 2025

Being a sports fan is fucking hard sometimes. And the worst thing is that even when you learn what pieces of shit your heroes are you're first concern is what you've missed out on as a fan, not what damage they've done to those around them... Prime Valero vs Pacquiao would've been an amazing fight t......more

Goodreads review by Chandler on January 20, 2020

Great understand of Valero’s life and the events surrounding it. Really enjoyed getting to know more about a terrific fighter. Just a few minor details that should have been fact checked but hardly noticeable compared to others which I have read.......more

Goodreads review by Jason on February 02, 2020

Fascinating mini biography.......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on May 03, 2020

"A Rorschach test written in blood", as author Don Stradley has it. That was the mad, ill-fated, heavy-handed berserker from Venezuela who blew through the pro ranks of the boxing world for a short time in the early 2000s. Edwin Valero emerged seemingly from nowhere, or rather from the cliched "crad......more