Óscar Valdez

Óscar Valdez
Statistics
Real name	Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro
Rated at	Featherweight
Height	5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in (1.71 m)
Nationality	Mexican
Born	December 22, 1990 Nogales, Sonora
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	19
Wins	19
Wins by KO	17
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Mexico World Amateur Championships 2009 Milan Featherweight Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Batamweight AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships 2008 Guadalajara Featherweight

Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro (born December 22, 1990 in Nogales, Sonora) is a Mexican professional boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at the age of 17 and became the first Mexican Youth World Champion. Four years later he qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Career

At age 17, Valdez came to upset 2007 PanAm champion Carlos Cuadras at the semifinal of the 2007 National Championships and winning the bantamweight championship in his next bout.

At the Olympic qualifier he edged out Brazilian James Pereira in the semifinal and got one of two votes even though he lost in the final to Yankiel León, getting a silver medal and a pass to the Beijing Olympics with only 3 international bouts in his record. In Beijing however, he ran right into eventual gold medal winner Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan and lost his first bout 4-15.

In 2008, he moved up to Featherweight and won the first 2008 Youth World Amateur Boxing Championships. The tournament was held in Guadalajara in his home country, and he showed off the experience he had gained by beating his opponents from Barbados, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Russia. In the semi-finals, he had also knocked out the opponent from Ukraine in the first round. In the finals, he dominated the opposition such as Russian Maxim Dadashev whom he beat 12-0 in the final.

In Milan, at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships (seniors), he won the bronze medal and became the first Mexican to achieve a medal at a World Champhionships in the history of the sport in Mexico.

After his run through of the Featherweight division, once again Valdez moved back down to Bantamweight. There, He won his Olympic qualifier. Valdez won his first fight in the 2012 Olympic Games, defeating India's Shiva Thapa by a margin of 14-9. In his second fight of the games, he won to Tajikistan's Anvar Yunusov by a margin of 13-7 then lost 13-19 to Ireland's John Joe Nevin.

He is 1.65 meters and fights from an orthodox stance.

Professional record

Result	Record	Opponent	Date	Result	Time	Location	Notes
Win	12-0	Juan Ruiz	July 26, 2014	UD	8	Celebrity Theater, Phoenix, Arizona
Win	11-0	Noel Echevarria	May 17, 2014	RTD RD 6	3:00	Forum, Inglewood, California
Win	10-0	Adrian Perez	April 12, 2014	KO RD 4	1:23	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	9-0	Samuel Sanchez	March 1, 2014	TKO RD 3	2:03	Alamodome , San Antonio, Texas
Win	8-0	Christian Barajas	December 21, 2013	TKO RD 1	1:27	Casino Hipodromo Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Baja California
Win	7-0	Jesus Lule Raya	November 9, 2013	TKO RD 5	2:46	American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas
Win	6-0	Jose Morales	September 28, 2013	TKO RD 3	1:57	StubHub Center, Carson, California
Win	5-0	Gil Garcia	June 15, 2013	TKO RD 2	2:32	American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Win	4-0	Rocco Espinoza	May 11, 2013	TKO RD 1	2:58	Uni-Trade Stadium, Laredo, Texas
Win	3-0	Carlos Gonzales	March 16, 2013	TKO RD 4	0:58	Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Win	2-0	Corben Page	December 7, 2012	TKO RD 2	2:24	Texas Station, North Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	1-0	Angel Prado	November 3, 2012	TKO RD 2	1:35	Centro de Usos Multiples (CUM) , Hermosillo, Sonora

External links

• Photo, Spanish article
• Qualifier
• Junior World Championships 2008 results
• Excerpts from his fights and Spanish interview Youtube