Oscar Valdez

Who is Oscar Valdez?

Oscar Valdez is a professional boxer. Oscar Valdez won the title of First Mexican Youth World Champion at the age of 17. From 2016 through 2019, Valdez held the WBO featherweight championship.

Valdez has a knockout rate of 79 and is renowned for his hitting combos, punching power, and aggressive fighting style.

Not to mention, the boxer is well recognized for his excellent entrance song selection and dramatic entrance.

Early Life, Family, & Education

Oscar Valdez was born on December 22, 1990, in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico to Oscar Valdez Jr. and Gloria Fierro.

At one point, his father also competed in amateur boxing. Oscar has three siblings in all.

However, there are no sources that include information about them.

Valdez was quite involved in a variety of sports and had a very early interest in boxing.

Oscar, his father, and his siblings returned to Nogales, Mexico, following his father and mother’s divorce.

Oscar’s birthdate indicates that he is a Capricorn, which is a fixed sign.

As a Capricorn, Valdez has an aspirational and dependable personality.

Education

There is no information known on Oscar’s education.

But since he was born and reared in Mexico, we might presume that he received his schooling there.

Net Worth

The estimated net worth of Oscar Valdez is $3.5 million.

In addition to boxing, Valdez has a sponsorship agreement with the British energy drink company WildCat.

Regarding his wages and compensation, there isn’t much information accessible, but we may assume that-

Facts of Oscar Valdez

Career as a Hobby

At the Olympic qualifications, Valdez, then 17 years old, won the bantamweight title and a silver medal.

Similarly, Valdez won the 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships for the first time in his career 2008.

Additionally, Oscar won a bronze medal at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, making history as the first-ever Mexican to place in the medal standings.

Additionally, Oscar dropped to the bantamweight class and triumphed in the 2012 Olympic qualifications. He defeated Shiva Thapa to win his very first game.

Professional Career

On August 28, 2012, Boxing Valdez committed to a long-term agreement with a reputable company run by Frank Espinoza.

At the age of 21, he made his professional debut on November 3, 2012. Additionally, Oscar competed in six fights at super featherweight in 2013 and won each match.

By the conclusion of the year, he had eight victories, all by stoppage, with no losses.

Likewise, on March 1, 2014, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Oscar squared off against Samuel Sanchez. Three rounds into the bout, it was declared over after Oscar won by technical knockout.

In addition, during his first eight-round contest, Valdez faced Adrian Perez for the vacant NABF Junior super featherweight title, which he lost.

In May, he won the championship by defeating Noel Echevarria in round six.

Division for Lightweights

After nine fights, Oscar made his debut appearance in the featherweight division on July 26.

He defeated Juan Ruiz in eight rounds by unanimous decision to win the vacant NABF Junior Featherweight title.

Additionally, Oscar agreed to defend the NABF Junior super featherweight title in November against Alberto Garza, a different Mexican boxer.

Through a technical knockout in round seven, he kept the title. In a similar vein, Oscar engaged in combat more than five times between December 2014 and 2015.

He defeated various well-known boxers, including Jose Ramirez, Chris Avalos, and Ruben Tamayo.

In a similar manner, Valdez competed in the MGM Grand Garden Arena against former IBF featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich for the vacant WBO NABO featherweight title.

Oscar won the bout by stopping Evgeny in the fourth round to win the vacant title and climb the WBO rankings.

On July 23, 2016, undefeated Argentine boxer Matias Rueda challenged WBO featherweight champion Valdez for the belt.

With a stoppage victory over Matias in the second round, he won the first world title of his professional career and the open WBO Championship.

Additionally, on November 5, 2016, Oscar faced Japanese boxer Hiroshige Osawa in the first title defense of his career. The WBO ranked Hiroshige as number one.

I’m excited to make my first title defense, and I’m still training as though I’m going for the win.

Oscar stopped Osawa in round seven after hurting him with a hook, turning the fight into a one-sided one that the referee had to stop.

Marriage announcement

Similar to that, Top Rank declared on February 17, 2017, that Oscar would have to defend his WBO featherweight championship.

On April 22, 2017, the bout with former WBA “Super” World featherweight title challenger Miguel Marriaga was announced.

Oscar won a decision fight in front of 5,419 spectators to keep his title. The scores, in the opinion of many spectators, did Miguel no justice.

Three-time title defense

Oscar makes his third WBO championship defense in July 2017. He had returned to training, according to his manager Frank Espinoza.

He would reportedly take against unbeaten Filipino boxer Genesis Servania at the Tucson Convention Center alongside Gilberto Ramirez.

Additionally, Oscar said he would like to join the division and face Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares in 2017, which is likely to happen.

In front of a crowd of 4,103 people, Oscar was able to get up after being knocked down and add a second knockdown.

Consequently, after 12 rounds, he won a unanimous decision to keep his WBO title. In the interview that followed the fight, Valdez said,

Additionally, Oscar earned $400,000 for the bout and landed 192 of his 697 punches.

Servania, on the other hand, made $55,000. An average of 706,000 people watched the entire bout on ESPN.

Third Title Defense

In February 2018, Valdez intended to return to the ring and compete in at least three fights.

On March 10, 2018, at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, Oscar reportedly made another attempt to defend his title.

“Scott Quigg vs. Oscar Valdez”

ESPN’s Top Rank card was used as the match’s headline. He was scheduled to compete against British boxer Scott Quigg to defend his WBO featherweight belt.

It was decided that the match would take place on January 13, 2017.

Quigg vs. Oscar Valdez Valdez

Quigg was fined 20% of his $100,000 by the California State Athletic Commission despite being three pounds overweight. Oscar earned fifty percent of the fine sum.

Oscar smashed Scott’s nose during the 12-round bout, which also caused damage to his front teeth.

An average of 1.1 million people watched the entire bout on ESPN as Valdez successfully defended his belt.

A Different trainer

The news that Oscar had parted ways with his longtime coach Manny Robles and will now train with Canelo Alvarez’s well-known trainer Eddy Reynoso was announced on August 13, 2018.

The major purpose of the adjustment was to fortify Oscar’s defenses because he frequently engaged in brawls.

According to reports, on January 12, 2019, Valdez attempted to make a comeback at the Mexico City Arena.

In Tucson, Arizona, another match with Spanish boxer Andoni Gago was planned. Andoni was the WBO’s #14 at the time.

Gago went five fights without a loss. However, the battle never took place since Andoni was unable to obtain a travel visa in time to travel to the United States.

According to some sources, Oscar would prefer to compete during the rematch between Alvarez and Kovalev.

Additionally, it was revealed that Oscar would square off against Italian boxer Carmine Tommasone on February 2, 2019, at The Ford Center in Frisco, Texas.

On November 30 of the same year, Valdez faced Adam Lopez; he prevailed by TKO in the seventh round.

Oscar faced Jayson Velez in his subsequent bout, which he won by TKO in the tenth round at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Paradise, Nevada, in the United States.

Dating & Personal Life

The issue of romantic relationships arises with popular success.

As a result, inquiries concerning Oscar Valdez’s girlfriend and relationships are the most prevalent.

Oscar does, in fact, have a girlfriend, at least based on his Instagram.

However, as Valdez has never disclosed anything about her, there is no information available about her.

Age, Height, and Physical Characteristics

Oscar Valdez will turn 31 in 2022. He is 125.8 lbs. in weight and 5’7″ (1.70 m) tall. In addition, Valdez has black eyes and hair.

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Social Media Presence

Oscar has social media accounts, so we can keep up with his life there.

Frequently posting about his training, his love of animals, his travels, and his forthcoming matches, he is highly active on social media.

His Instagram has 432k users and his Twitter has 52.8k users.