No1 contender Archie Sharp expects to face Oscar Valdez for the vacant WBO world junior lightweight title. Sharp has been at the top of the WBO’s rankings for almost a year and has relentlessly banged the drum for a fight with US star Shakur Stevenso...
Though he hates to admit it, the first defeat of his well-established career, stung Oscar Valdez. Yet, even with the Mexican star being forced to relinquish his world title to Shakur Stevenson earlier this year, the 31-year-old is doing his best to...
Former two-division champion Oscar Valdez was in Las Vegas last weekend to catch the Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin trilogy bout. Canelo got off to a strong start and closed the books on the rivalry with a decisive unanimous decision victory at th...
Oscar Valdez’s return from his first professional defeat has been delayed. BoxingScene.com has learned that Valdez suffered an undisclosed, non-boxing injury that has prevented him from training recently. That injury has forced the postponement of hi...
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Video by Ryan Burton - Oscar Valdez Interview - T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - In their anticipated trilogy fight, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) was too young and too good, as he dominated Gennadiy Golovkin (42-2-1, 37 KOs) for the majority of...
Since turning pro in 2012, Emanuel Navarrete has scoffed at the notion of resting his body, despite the number of wars he’s endured in the ring. In most cases, although up-and-coming fighters walk through the ropes frequently, once they’ve establishe...
Shakur Stevenson believes he put on one of his more fan-friendly performances against Oscar Valdez. The southpaw ace from Newark, New Jersey, unified a pair of 130-pound belts on Saturday night, April 30, with his dominant 12-round decision over Vald...
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Shakur Stevenson does not intend to let his ego run amok after picking up the most impressive win of his career. The WBC and WBO junior lightweight titleholder from Newark, New Jersey, is riding high after a career-best performance against Oscar Vald...
Another dominant performance from Shakur Stevenson drew higher viewership than the previous Stevenson fight ESPN televised. Nielsen Media Research revealed Tuesday that an average of 1,353,000 viewers watched Stevenson’s 12-round, unanimous-decision...
LAS VEGAS – Full title unification in the 130-pound division isn’t nearly as important to Bob Arum as it is to Shakur Stevenson. Stevenson’s 90-year-old promoter adamantly dismissed the possibility of Stevenson fighting WBA champ Roger Gutierrez or I...
A packed house at Madison Square Garden. Promotion on the Today Show. Years of anticipation. Two fighters at the peak of their powers who had beaten seemingly everyone but each other. Short of a formal pay-per-view offering, Katie Taylor-Amanda Serra...
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WBO super featherweight world champion Shakur Stevenson outboxed and outfoxed WBC champion Oscar Valdez via unanimous decision (118-109 2x and 117-110) Saturday evening in from of 10,102 fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
