By Rick Reeno
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada - For the vacant WBO NABO featherweight title, Oscar Valdez (19-0, 17KOs) made a statement with a fourth round TKO of former IBF world champion Evgeny Gradovich (21-2-1, 9KOs).
Gradovich was pressing forward, throwing his usual punches in bunches but Valdez was making him miss and then making him pay with a good jab that was followed by hard counters. Valdez was more than willing to mix it up at times when the two of them were at close range, but he was mostly staying on the back-foot and countering.
