Valdez vs Stevenson

Shakur Stevenson practically played with Oscar Valdez en route to a unanimous-decision victory that gave him his second title at 130 pounds.

Now, Valdez must contend with the first loss of his professional career, but he could find his way to another title shot soon. Stevenson often mixed in a straight left to the body, a punch that scored over and over. "He did what he had to do to win the fight. Valdez previously was rated No. 1 but was removed from the rankings after he tested positive for the banned substance phentermine. "I want to collect all the belts at 130 and become undisputed. The unanimous-decision victory by scores of 118-109, 117-110 and 118-109 handed Stevenson a second title at 130 pounds.

Oscar Valdez meets WBO Super Featherweight title holder Shakur Stevenson tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

For Shakur Stevenson, it is all about having a coming out party as this win would usher in a new era in boxing as a unified super featherweight champion and proving his expectations are accurate and true. Valdez landed a ferocious left hook that halted the fight in the 10th round, producing a title win and a knockout of the year finish. For Oscar Valdez, it is a story of redemption for himself, as well as his stable of trainer Eddy Reynoso who also trains with Canelo Alvarez, who he himself has seen a similar scandal and road to redemption.

Valdez's WBC junior lightweight championship and Stevenson's WBO title will be on the line Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Two more left hooks rock Sanchez and a final right uppercut pierces through the guard for the referee to have seen enough. Just as that was said, Valdez presses to the body and finds a bit of success, cutting off the ring and landing a shot. Keep it locked here for all the live updates, results and highlights from Oscar Valdez vs. Crisp left jab lands on an off-balance Valdez. Moments later, Stevenson flicks out the right jab as a temperature gauge before splitting Valdez's guard with a left hand. Valdez needs to do a lot more of that to close the gap on Stevenson and the WBO titleholder's superb boxing skills. Left hand to the body followed by a right upstairs. Stevenson is the bigger man in the ring and Valdez pops the right-hand jab, daring his younger opponent to bring the fight to him. Again, Valdez goes to the body and lands but Stevenson makes him pay with a left hook across the jaw. Valdez is increasingly cutting off the ring now and hitting Stevenson's body. Big left hand lands for Stevenson who measures and catches Valdez as he's coming in. Valdez once again closing the distance and coming up empty. Valdez pushes his way into the phonebooth and throws everything wildly with bad intentions — coming up empty on most of the attempts.

A pair of junior lightweight titles are on the line in this massive unification fight between undefeated champions.

I feel like as of now, yeah, I have the skill and I have the ability to beat a lot of these fighters now, maybe some champions. I want more people tuned in to me and I just want a bigger fan base for myself, just so, you know, when I do get to that big world title fight or that fight to get me to the world title fight, I'm already, you know, a star, or at least close to it." He is the type of fighter that is not willing to go to war. Lucky for Valdez, he has shown tremendous punch resistance in the past, fighting through a broken jaw to outlast Scott Quigg in their 2018 featherweight thriller. Five knockdowns later after Corrales' corner threw in the towel to end a one-sided dismantling in Round 10, Mayweather had cemented himself as a top P4P threat. Valdez is talented and versatile enough to make this, at least on paper, a potentially interesting style matchup. "He is the type of fighter that talks a lot and is always running his mouth," Valdez said. "The odds are against me and everyone thinks he will walk all over me," Valdez said. Can't get enough boxing and MMA? Get the latest in the world of combat sports from two of the best in the business. Ahead of a September return against unbeaten Robson Conceicao, Valdez tested positive for a banned substance yet was controversially allowed to still fight. But just as Valdez appeared to be closing in as a possible pound-for-pound level talent, controversy soon followed. Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including a complete preview of Stevenson vs.

Shakur Stevenson did about what he always has against the best opponent of his career to date, unifying a pair of world titles.

WHAT A NIGHT.— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) #ValdezStevenson pic.twitter.com/3yr8C2Ahcy May 1, 2022 @ShakurStevensonhas entered the ring. THE FIRST KNOCKDOWN BELONGS TO SHAKUR.— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) pic.twitter.com/EubZKL12Ro May 1, 2022 Time to let the world know. He was mostly able to just pick Valdez (30-1, 23 KO) apart from the opening bell until the one to close the 12th and final round, and did score a knockdown in round six, though it wasn’t a crazy heavy one or anything. He was seen as too skilled for Valdez, who is a very good fighter, and that’s how the fight played out, with Valdez looking frustrated and even lost for much of the bout.