By: Sean Crose
It was uncertain anybody anticipated Oscar Valdez to go down within the second spherical of his battle towards Adam Lopez again in 2019. Lopez, in spite of everything, was basically a final minute opponent for the favored Valdez. Nonetheless, down Valdez went, courtesy of a nasty Lopez left. Valdez managed to beat the rely and in the end win the battle, courtesy of a seventh spherical stoppage, however these moments on the mat stayed within the collective reminiscence. Now, the 30-1 Valdez has a shot at erasing that reminiscence as he battles the 16-4 Lopez as soon as once more this Saturday evening on the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The match, which is basically the co-main occasion on the Devin Haney-Vasyl Lomachenko pay per view card, is vital to the 32 12 months outdated Valdez for quite a lot of causes. Moreover squaring off once more towards Lopez, Valdez can even be combating for the primary time since struggling his solely defeat, which got here on the gloved fingers of Shakur Stevenson over a 12 months in the past. Not solely did Shakur place an L on Valdez’ in any other case good report, he walked out of the ring that evening with Valdez’ WBC tremendous featherweight title in his possession, courtesy of a unanimous choice nod from the judges.
Valdez, for sure, desires one other crack at title glory. Ought to he finest the 27 12 months outdated Lopez for the second time on this weekend’s scheduled 10 rounder, he’ll discover himself getting nearer to a different probability at that glory. “We wish the very best, ” Valdez lately informed FightHype. “We wish the WBO, the WBC, the WBA, the IBF (belts). The sky’s the restrict…however for that to occur, I gotta go towards Adam Lopez and end him first.” Certainly. Valdez has good motive to be assured. The fighter could also be 32 now, however 32 ain’t what it was in boxing.
Plus there’s the matter of expertise. In the midst of his profession, the likeable multi-division titlist Valdez has bested the likes of Scott Quigg and Miguel Berchelt – nobody’s definition of slouches. What’s extra, when one considers the very fact the one loss on Valdez’ resume got here from Stevenson – a person some are saying is without doubt one of the finest pound for pound fighters on earth – it turns into none too onerous to image Valdez as soon as once more having a no less than one world title in his possession. As everybody is aware of, huge issues can occur when one returns to 1’s successful methods.
