Oscar Valdez: record, next fight and profile →
Freddie Roach, the head trainer for former champion Scott Quigg (34-1-2, 25 KOs), is very confident that his boxer will defeat WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez (23-0, 19 KOs). The negotiations are ongoing and very close to deal for March 10th, in an ESPN televised fight from the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
Scott Quigg (34-1-2, 25 KOs) believes his past sparring sessions with WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez (23-0, 19 KOs) will play a key role in a potential showdown on StubHub Center in California on March 10. Quigg and Valdez previously sparred with each other last year when the British boxer was preparing to fight Viorel Simion.
In search of making his biggest dream in boxing a reality, which is to become a top Mexican icon, WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez is delighted about the possibility of facing big challenges in 2018. And the first big challenge is being lined up in the form of former world champion Scott Quigg, and that fight would take place on March 10 at the StubHub Center in California.
A deal has nearly been finalized for Oscar Valdez to defend his WBO featherweight title against Scott Quigg. Assuming it is consummated, Valdez-Quigg will take place March 10 at StubHub Center in Carson, California. ESPN will televise what is expected to be an action-packed, 12-round, 126-pound title fight as part of promoter Top Rank’s exclusive ESPN series.
World champions Oscar Valdez and Jessie Magdaleno are on pace to move their training camps to Guadalajara, Jalisco, and must report on January 7 to begin serious training for their respective commitments, according to their mutual manager Frank Espinoza of California. According to the renowned manager, the area in Guadalajara has ideal facilities for the fighters to make a solid camp towards a year full of great challenges, and after chatting with trainer Manny Robles, they agreed that they will come together with a different preparation on Mexican soil.
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World champions Oscar Valdez and Jessie Magdaleno are in the pipeline to defend their titles on March 10 on Californian soil, according to their manager Frank Espinoza.
Featherweight contender Sakaria Lukas successfully defended his WBO Africa title last Saturday at the Windhoek Country Club Resort in Windhoek, Namibia. The unbeaten Namibian titlist needed all twelve rounds to secure his twenty-first straight win over South African Tello Dithebe (20-8, 6 KOs). With the victory, Lukas (21-0, 14 KOs) is expected to keep his high ranking position by the WBO at 126 pounds, where he is currently rated at No. 3.
Rising Mexican puncher Oscar Valdez will make the fourth defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight world title next March in a fight that will most likely take place at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, according to the champion's promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank.
Carl Frampton (24-1, 14 KOs) battled the game Horacio Garcia over ten rounds at the SSE Arena in Belfast this past weekend in what was a tougher-than-expected victory for the former two-time world champion. After a strong start, he had to fight off the hard charging Mexican to earn a ten round unanimous decision.