Oscar Valdez: record, next fight and profile →
Carson, California - Olympian Oscar Valdez will be featured on the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs Bryan Vera card and is keen to make it six KO's in a row. Oscar Valdez faces Joe Morales and has moved up, explaining: “I feel good in featherweight, I know I can still fight in super bantmaweight division, but I would have to sacrifice a little. My body and career are growing and I feel great at 126 pounds. Morales will be a good test!
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Brian Vera both came within the modified 173 lb. catchweight for their main event Saturday evening in Carson, California. Chavez Jr. tipped the scales at 172.4 lb; Vera was slightly lighter at 171.2 lb.
Los Angeles,Calif. --- Former WBC Middleweight champion and son of the legend Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (L) and No. 1 contender Bryan Vera (R) pose with Super Bantamweight sensation Oscar Valdez(ctr) of Mexico during a press conference in Los Angeles Thursday to announce their upcoming exciting battle which will take place, Saturday, September 28, under the stars, at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing®. Valdez will be featured on the card. Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Zanfer Promotions, Banner Promotions and Tecate, remaining tickets to Chávez vs. Vera, priced at $200, $100, $50 and $20 (plus applicable taxes and fees), can be purchased online at http://www.axs.com, by telephone at (888) 929-7849 or at the StubHub Center box office, Monday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank
American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas - Featherweight Oscar Valdez (5-0, 5KOs) demolished Gil Garcia (5-5-1, 1KO) in two rounds. Valdez hurt Garcia in the second, and then jumped in him with both hands until the referee stepped in to wave things off. Garcia was down once in the fight. Welterweight contender Mikael Zewski (20-0, 15KOs) won an eight round unanimous decision over Damian Frias (19-8-1, 10KOs). All three judges saw it 77-74. Zewski dropped Frias in the first minute with a hard shot to the body. But then the veteran lasted lasted the rest of the way as Zewski outworked him, but he was unable to get a stoppage. Frias, who came on strong in the final minute of the fight, has never been stopped.
Dallas, Texas --- (L-R) Undefeated WBO Featherweight Champion Mikey Garcia of Oxnard,Ca. and former two-time world champion Juan Manuel Lopez of Caguas, Puerto Rico weigh in (Garcia 128lbs and has 2 hrs. to make 126, Lopez 125.25 lbs) for their upcoming WBO Featherweight world championship fight, Saturday, June 15 from the American Airlines Center in Dallas,Texas. Garcia vs Lopez, televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark® will be promoted by Top Rank®, in association with PR Best Boxing, Foreman Boys Promotions and Tecate. - Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
Uni-Trade Stadium in Laredo, Texas - In a super bantamweight contest, former multi-division champion Vic Darchinyan (39-5-1, 28 KOs) made his Top Rank promotional debut and stopped Javier Gallo (18-7-1, 10 KOs in the fourth round of a super bantamweight clash. Gallo was dropped hard in the second. He got up but was quickly dropped again after two left hands. Darchinyan got caught hard as he was coming in, but then dropped Gallo for a third time. Darchinyan continued to land in the third and finished Gallo off with a hard knockdown at :26 of the fourth.
"WELCOME TO LAREDO" --- (L-R) Former two-division world champion Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan and two-time Méxican Olympian Oscar Valdez arrive in Laredo,Texas for their upcoming exciting fights on Saturday, May 11 at the Uni-Trade Stadium in Laredo,Texas. Darchinyan will make his Top Rank debut and take on Tijuana toughman Francisco Javier Gallo in a 10-round super bantamweight main event and two-time Méxican Olympian Oscar Valdez is featured in a six-round featherweight battle. This Top Rank promotion of the "Solo Boxeo Tecate" show, is televised live on UniMas. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
Laredo,Texas --- (L-R) Former two-division world champion Vic "Raging Bull" Darchinyan and Tijuana toughman Francisco Javier Gallo weigh in (Darchinyan 123.5 lbs, Gallo 123.25 lbs) for their upcoming 10-round super bantamweight main event on the "Solo Boxeo Tecate" show televised live on UniMas, Saturday, May 11 from the Uni-Trade Stadium in Laredo,Texas. Darchinyan makes his Top Rank debut on the telecast and two-time Méxican Olympian Oscar Valdez is featured in a six-round featherweight fight. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
Two-time Mexican Olympian Oscar Valdez will return to action on the 11th of May in Laredo, Texas. The fight takes place at the Uni-Trade Stadium and televised by UNIMAS as part of their popular program "Solo Boxeo Tecate." This will be the fourth professional fight by Valdez (3-0, 3 KOs) of Sonora, who represented his country at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012. Valdez made ​​his professional debut last November in Hermosillo.
Featherweight prospect Oscar Valdez, 22-year-old, is now 3-0 with three knockouts after his fourth-round stoppage of Carlos Gonzalez on last Saturday's Timothy Bradley-Ruslan Provodnikov undercard, which took place at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Since Valdez is such a decorated amateur, manager Frank Espinoza intimated we might see him move a little quicker than most do in their pro careers.