10 years and six months into his professional boxing career, Óscar Valdez Jr. has fought 32 times with 31 wins and a single loss. As of June 2023, Valdez Jr.'s boxing record stands at 31-1 (23 KO wins).
WBC | WBO |
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Óscar Valdez Jr. is a Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico on December 22, 1990. Valdez Jr. made his professional boxing debut at the age of 21, on November 3, 2012. He is a two-weight-class world champion. Valdez Jr. is 32 years old, he will turn 33 in six months and 12 days.
Total Fights | 32 |
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Wins | 31 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 23 |
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Total Title Wins | 2 |
Title Defenses | 7 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 4 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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33 | Aug 12, 2023 | 32 | Emanuel Navarrete | NA * | NA |
32 | May 20, 2023 | 32 | Adam Lopez | Win | UD |
31 | Apr 30, 2022 | 31 | Shakur Stevenson | Loss * | UD |
30 | Sep 10, 2021 | 30 | Robson Conceição | Win * | UD |
29 | Feb 20, 2021 | 30 | Miguel Berchelt | Win * | KO10 |
28 | Jul 21, 2020 | 29 | Jayson Vélez | Win | TKO10 |
27 | Nov 30, 2019 | 28 | Adam Lopez | Win | TKO7 |
26 | Jun 8, 2019 | 28 | Jason Sanchez | Win * | UD |
25 | Feb 2, 2019 | 28 | Carmine Tommasone | Win * | TKO7 |
24 | Mar 10, 2018 | 27 | Scott Quigg | Win * | UD |
23 | Sep 22, 2017 | 26 | Genesis Servania | Win * | UD |
22 | Apr 22, 2017 | 26 | Miguel Marriaga | Win * | UD |
21 | Nov 5, 2016 | 25 | Hiroshige Osawa | Win * | TKO7 |
20 | Jul 23, 2016 | 25 | Matías Rueda | Win * | TKO2 |
19 | Apr 9, 2016 | 25 | Evgeny Gradovich | Win | TKO4 |
18 | Dec 12, 2015 | 24 | Ernie Sanchez | Win | TKO3 |
17 | Sep 11, 2015 | 24 | Chris Avalos | Win | TKO5 |
16 | Jun 27, 2015 | 24 | Ruben Tamayo | Win | UD |
15 | Apr 11, 2015 | 24 | Jose Ramirez | Win | KO3 |
14 | Dec 20, 2014 | 23 | Jean Javier Soto | Win | TKO5 |
13 | Nov 15, 2014 | 23 | Alberto Garza | Win | TKO7 |
12 | Jul 26, 2014 | 23 | Juan Ruiz | Win | UD |
11 | May 17, 2014 | 23 | Noel Echeverria | Win | RTD6 |
10 | Apr 12, 2014 | 23 | Adrian Perez | Win | KO3 |
9 | Mar 1, 2014 | 23 | Samuel Sanchez | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Dec 21, 2013 | 22 | Cristian Barajas | Win | TKO1 |
7 | Nov 9, 2013 | 22 | Jesus Lule | Win | TKO5 |
6 | Sep 28, 2013 | 22 | Jose Morales | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Jun 15, 2013 | 22 | Gil Garcia | Win | TKO2 |
4 | May 11, 2013 | 22 | Rocco Espinoza | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Mar 16, 2013 | 22 | Carlos Gonzalez | Win | TKO4 |
2 | Dec 7, 2012 | 21 | Corben Page | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Nov 3, 2012 | 21 | Angel Prado | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Valdez Jr. is a two-weight-division world champion. He has held two world titles, one of which was a vacant title win, the other was a lineal championship win.
Weight Division | World Titles Held |
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Super-featherweight | WBC |
Featherweight | WBO |
Óscar Valdez Jr. is 165 cm tall (5' 4.96") with a reach of 168 cm (5' 6.14"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 3 cm (1.18").
Valdez Jr. has a 71.9% KO rate. Of his total 23 KO wins, 13 were in the early rounds, eight in the mid rounds, and two in the later rounds. He has two first-round KO wins.
Óscar Valdez Jr. made his professional boxing debut against Angel Prado at the age of 21 on November 3, 2012, defeating Prado via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 29 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 22 wins via stoppage.
Valdez Jr. had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on July 23, 2016 after 19 professional fights, against Matías Rueda for the featherweight WBO (vacant) title. He defeated Rueda via 2nd round TKO to become the featherweight champion of the world.
Valdez Jr. has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Valdez Jr.'s world title wins and defenses refer to "Óscar Valdez Jr. World Titles".
Some of Valdez Jr.'s best fights and notable victories include wins over Jayson Vélez, Carmine Tommasone, Hiroshige Osawa, Miguel Berchelt, Adam Lopez, Scott Quigg, and Matías Rueda.
Valdez Jr. has had just a single loss in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a non-title rematch against Adam Lopez on May 20, 2023. Valdez Jr. won the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 21 days since this fight.
Although Valdez Jr. had a total of 32 fights till today, this fight against Matías Rueda is the sole highlight of his career so far.
July 23, 2016: Valdez Jr. wins his first world title by defeating Matías Rueda via 2nd round TKO. He is now the WBO featherweight world champion.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Valdez Jr.'s boxing career; all the way from his debut, to winning world-titles, to his latest win against Adam Lopez, and all the other wins and the single loss of his career.
In his next fight, Óscar Valdez Jr. will face 28-year old Mexican boxer Emanuel Navarrete (37-1, 31 KO) on August 12, 2023 at the Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona, U.S. He challenges Navarrete's super-featherweight WBO title.
On May 20, 2023, in their 2nd fight, a a 32-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (30-1, 23 KO) fought Adam Lopez in his 32nd professional fight. He defeated Lopez via 10th round unanimous decision, making a successful comeback from his last loss..
On April 30, 2022, a 31-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (30-0, 23 KO) faced Shakur Stevenson in a super-featherweight title-unification fight. He lost to Stevenson via 12th round unanimous decision and lost the WBC super-featherweight title.
On September 10, 2021, a 30-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (29-0, 23 KO) faced Robson Conceição in a super-featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Conceição via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBC super-featherweight title. He is now on a 30-fight winning streak.
On February 20, 2021, a 30-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (28-0, 22 KO) faced Miguel Berchelt for Berchelt's WBC super-featherweight title. He defeated Berchelt via 10th round KO to win the WBC super-featherweight title. He is now on a 29-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On July 21, 2020, a 29-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (27-0, 21 KO) fought Jayson Vélez in his 28th professional fight. He defeated Vélez via 10th round TKO. He is now on a 28-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On November 30, 2019, a 28-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (26-0, 20 KO) fought American boxer Adam Lopez for the first time, who was 23 years old with a record of 13-1. Lopez was on a five-fight win streak with 6 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 8 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage over Valdez Jr. Coming into this fight, Lopez had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Valdez Jr. defeated Lopez via 7th round TKO. He is now on a 27-fight winning streak.
On June 8, 2019, a 28-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (25-0, 20 KO) faced Jason Sanchez in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Sanchez via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO featherweight title. He is now on a 26-fight winning streak.
On February 2, 2019, a 28-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (24-0, 19 KO) faced Carmine Tommasone in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Tommasone via 7th round TKO to retain the WBO featherweight title. He is now on a 25-fight winning streak.
On March 10, 2018, a 27-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (23-0, 19 KO) faced Scott Quigg in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Quigg via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO featherweight title. He is now on a 24-fight winning streak.
On September 22, 2017, a 26-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (22-0, 19 KO) faced Genesis Servania in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Servania via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO featherweight title. He is now on a 23-fight winning streak.
On April 22, 2017, a 26-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (21-0, 19 KO) faced Miguel Marriaga in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Marriaga via 12th round unanimous decision to retain the WBO featherweight title. He is now on a 22-fight winning streak.
On November 5, 2016, a 25-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (20-0, 18 KO) faced Hiroshige Osawa in a featherweight title-defense fight. He defeated Osawa via 7th round TKO to retain the WBO featherweight title. He is now on a 21-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On July 23, 2016, in his 20th professional fight, a 25-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (19-0, 17 KO) had his first world title fight against Matías Rueda for the vacant WBO featherweight belt. He defeated Rueda via 2nd round TKO to win the vacant WBO featherweight title. He is now on a 20-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On April 9, 2016, a 25-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (18-0, 16 KO) fought Evgeny Gradovich in his 19th professional fight. He defeated Gradovich via 4th round TKO. He is now on a 19-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On December 12, 2015, a 24-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (17-0, 15 KO) fought Ernie Sanchez in his 18th professional fight. He defeated Sanchez via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a 18-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On September 11, 2015, a 24-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (16-0, 14 KO) fought Chris Avalos in his 17th professional fight. He defeated Avalos via 5th round TKO. He is now on a 17-fight winning streak.
On June 27, 2015, a 24-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (15-0, 14 KO) fought Ruben Tamayo in his 16th professional fight. He defeated Tamayo via 10th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 16-fight winning streak.
On April 11, 2015, a 24-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (14-0, 13 KO) fought Jose Ramirez in his 15th professional fight. He defeated Ramirez via 3rd round KO. He is now on a 15-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On December 20, 2014, a 23-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (13-0, 12 KO) fought Jean Javier Soto in his 14th professional fight. He defeated Soto via 5th round TKO. He is now on a 14-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On November 15, 2014, a 23-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (12-0, 11 KO) fought fellow Mexican boxer Alberto Garza, who was 29 years old with a record of 26-8-1. Garza was on a two-fight losing streak, and was the taller of the two by 10 cms and also had a 9 cm reach advantage over Valdez Jr. Coming into this fight, Garza had eight losses, four of which were via stoppage.
Valdez Jr. defeated Garza via 7th round TKO. He is now on a 13-fight winning streak.
On July 26, 2014, a 23-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (11-0, 11 KO) fought Juan Ruiz in his 12th professional fight. He defeated Ruiz via 8th round unanimous decision. He is now on a 12-fight winning streak.
On May 17, 2014, a 23-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (10-0, 10 KO) fought Noel Echeverria in his 11th professional fight. He defeated Echeverria via 6th round RTD. He is now on a 11-fight winning streak, with 11 back-to-back KO wins.
On April 12, 2014, a 23-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (9-0, 9 KO) fought Adrian Perez in his 10th professional fight. He defeated Perez via 3rd round KO. He is now on a 10-fight winning streak, with 10 back-to-back KO wins.
On March 1, 2014, a 23-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (8-0, 8 KO) fought Samuel Sanchez in his 9th professional fight. He defeated Sanchez via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a nine-fight winning streak, with nine back-to-back KO wins.
On December 21, 2013, a 22-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (7-0, 7 KO) fought Cristian Barajas in his 8th professional fight. He defeated Barajas via 1st round TKO. He is now on a eight-fight winning streak, with eight back-to-back KO wins.
On November 9, 2013, a 22-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (6-0, 6 KO) fought Jesus Lule in his 7th professional fight. He defeated Lule via 5th round TKO. He is now on a seven-fight winning streak, with seven back-to-back KO wins.
On September 28, 2013, a 22-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (5-0, 5 KO) fought Jose Morales in his 6th professional fight. He defeated Morales via 3rd round TKO. He is now on a six-fight winning streak, with six back-to-back KO wins.
On June 15, 2013, a 22-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (4-0, 4 KO) fought Gil Garcia in his 5th professional fight. He defeated Garcia via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a five-fight winning streak, with five back-to-back KO wins.
On May 11, 2013, a 22-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (3-0, 3 KO) fought Rocco Espinoza in his 4th professional fight. He defeated Espinoza via 1st round TKO. He is now on a four-fight winning streak, with four back-to-back KO wins.
On March 16, 2013, a 22-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (2-0, 2 KO) fought Carlos Gonzalez in his 3rd professional fight. He defeated Gonzalez via 4th round TKO. He is now on a three-fight winning streak, with three back-to-back KO wins.
On December 7, 2012, a 21-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. (1-0, 1 KO) fought Corben Page in his 2nd professional fight. He defeated Page via 2nd round TKO. He is now on a two-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On November 3, 2012, a 21-year old Óscar Valdez Jr. successfully debuted against Angel Prado. He defeated Prado via 2nd round TKO.
Valdez Jr. has knocked out 23 of his 32 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 71.9%. Of his total 31 wins, 23 of them have been via KO (74.2%).