Oscar Valdez is a former two weight world champion, holding the WBC super featherweight title from 2021 to 2022, and the WBO featherweight title from 2016 to 2019.
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37 Facts About Oscar Valdez
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Oscar Valdez is known for his aggressive fighting style, punching power and combination punching.
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At age 17, Oscar Valdez came to upset 2007 PanAm champion Carlos Cuadras at the semifinal of the 2007 National Championships and winning the bantamweight championship in his next bout.
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On 28 August 2012, Oscar Valdez signed a long term contract with Espinoza Boxing, a well-known company, managed by Frank Espinoza.
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Oscar Valdez defeated Angel Prado via 2nd round stoppage in a scheduled six round fight.
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In 2013, Oscar Valdez fought a total of six times at super featherweight, winning all the bouts inside the distance.
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On 1 March 2014 Oscar Valdez fought Samuel Sanchez on the undercard of Lomachenko-Salido at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
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Oscar Valdez fought Adrian Perez for the vacant NABF Junior super featherweight title in his first 8-round bout.
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Oscar Valdez retained the title via a technical knockout in round 7.
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Oscar Valdez fought a further five times towards the end of 2014 through to December 2015.
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Oscar Valdez defeated Gradovich via 4th round stoppage to claim the vacant title and move up in the WBO rankings.
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Oscar Valdez dominated from the opening bell with head and body combinations appearing to have broken Gradovich's jaw.
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In round 4, Oscar Valdez caught Gradovich with a left hook which put him on the canvas.
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Oscar Valdez claimed his first world title by winning the vacant WBO championship with a second-round stoppage win over Rueda, dropping him twice with body shots.
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Oscar Valdez made his first title defense against 31 year old Japanese boxer Hiroshige Osawa on the undercard of Pacquiao-Vargas PPV bout on 5 November 2016.
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Oscar Valdez hit accurate jabs and hard shots to the body and head from the opening bell and managed to knock down Osawa in round 4.
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On 17 February 2017 Top Rank announced that Oscar Valdez would be making a mandatory defence of his WBO featherweight title against former WBA 'Super' World featherweight title challenger Miguel Marriaga in the main event at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on 22 April 2017.
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In front of 5,419 fans, Oscar Valdez retained his WBO title in a slugfest, but was taken the 12 round distance for the first time in his professional career.
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Oscar Valdez stated that he would like to unify the division and fight the winner of Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares, which was likely to take place in the fall of 2017.
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In front of a crowd of 4,103, Oscar Valdez managed to recover from a knockdown and score a knockdown of his own, en route to retaining his WBO title via unanimous decision after 12 rounds.
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Oscar Valdez recovered, but looked visibly hurt as he tried to shake it off.
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Oscar Valdez began to work the jab and throw power shots until the closing bell.
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On 28 November 2017, according to RingTV, Oscar Valdez was to make his next defence on 10 March 2018 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, headlining a Top Rank card on ESPN.
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On 3 January 2018, ESPN first reported that a deal was close to being reached for Oscar Valdez to defend his WBO featherweight title against British boxer Scott Quigg.
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Oscar Valdez was due his highest purse at $420,000, not including the additional $10,000 from Quigg's purse.
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Quigg suffered a cut over his left eye in round 5 which caused him issues later in the fight whereas Oscar Valdez after having his mouth busted, was seen with blood pouring out in the second half of the fight.
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The difference in the fight was that Oscar Valdez had too much hand and foot speed for Quigg and was able unload on multiple punches on Quigg.
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Oscar Valdez was hurt in round 5 from a big left hook from Quigg.
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In round 11, Oscar Valdez hurt Quigg with a hard head shot in the final 20 seconds.
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In round 12, Oscar Valdez tied Quigg up frequently and used movement to stay out of trouble.
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CompuBox numbers showed that Oscar Valdez landed 238 of 914 punches thrown, and Quigg landed 143 of his 595 thrown.
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Oscar Valdez visited oral surgeon Dr Douglas Galen in Beverly Hills the following Monday and had his jaw wired shut.
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On 13 August 2018 it was announced Oscar Valdez had left longtime trainer Manny Robles and would instead return to training under Eddy Reynoso, well known for training Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
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On 1 November, it was reported that Oscar Valdez was looking to make a return to the ring at the Mexico City Arena on 12 January 2019.
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Oscar Valdez had a great fight, dropping Velez three times before ending the fight via TKO in the tenth round.
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On 20 February 2021, Oscar Valdez faced Miguel Berchelt for the WBC super featherweight title.
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Oscar Valdez made his first defense of his WBC super featherweight title against the 2016 Olympic Gold medalist Robson Conceicao on September 10,2021, at the Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona, United States.
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