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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 09: Shakur Stevenson celebrates his TKO win against Oscar Mendoza in their Featherweight bout at Madison Square Garden on December 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 09: Shakur Stevenson celebrates his TKO win against Oscar Mendoza in their Featherweight bout at Madison Square Garden on December 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images)
Shakur Stevenson chased a fight with Oscar Valdez for a long time. The young gun won the WBO super-featherweight title in his last outing and since then, he’s only vowed to fight the Mexican boxer. Now, both the undefeated fighters seem to be on the line to square off with each other in a massive setting.
Stevenson stated that he’s signed the contract to fight Oscar Valdez in his next outing. Also, this fight will materialize on April 30 for the WBO and WBC title unification.
There isn’t an official announcement from either of the fighters, but it’s expected to arrive soon.
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✅ Shakur Stevenson has stated that he's now signed his contract to fight Oscar Valdez next. Valdez's manager previously said his man had already done the same. WBC & WBO super-featherweight world title unification now finalised for April 30th. Official announcement to come. pic.twitter.com/rQvEYdo3xM
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) February 9, 2022
Stevenson climbed the ladders of the 130-pound division real quick. In his last fight, he dethroned the WBO champ, Jamel Herring, in a one-sided outing. From the first bell, ‘Fearless’ applied immense pressure on his adversary, pressing him constantly with his aggressive approach.
As a result, Herring did not have any answers to Stevenson’s assault, and he ended up capitulating to a T/KO loss in round 10. With that, ‘Fearless’ put himself on top of the division, opening himself up for some momentous fights.
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However, Stevenson only had one opponent in mind, and that was Oscar Valdez. Time by time, the 24-year-old showed his keenness to square with the fellow undefeated fighter. Now, he’s in for the fight he wanted and Stevenson will only look to go big from hereon.
Shakur Stevenson vs Oscar Valdez – Battle of two highly oppressive fighters
Oscar Valdez trains under Eddy Reynoso’s wing, and just like the latter’s other fighters, the former too is a highly aggressive technician. On the other hand, Stevenson too has proved his case by demolishing his adversaries to the pulp.
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Citing what the duo brings to the table, it’s safe to say this fight might be one of the best action-packed wars of 2022.
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2022 seems a great year for boxing and with fights of this caliber, a hardcore boxing lover will undoubtedly be in a frenzy. It’ll be interesting to see if both these men come up with announcements of this fight. Also, everyone would be keen to see the pair trash talk each other, and engage in some heavy verbal banters.
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