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And that's the natural thing to do. )Kim Clavel (11-0, 2 KOs), Montreal, 109½ pounds vs. Natalie Gonzalez (6-0, 1 KO), New Rochelle, New York, 109¾ pounds, 8 rounds, flyweights.Elvis Rodriguez (7-0-1, 7 KOs), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 141½ pounds vs. Dennis Okoth (4-3-1, 2 KOs), Siaya, Kenya, 141½ pounds, 6 rounds, welterweights.Genc Pllana (8-1-1, 4 KOs), Hagerstown, Maryland, 167¼ pounds vs. Raphael Igbokwe (14-2, 6 KOs), Fresno, Texas, 165 pounds, 8 rounds, super middleweights.I believe this is the better boxing card of this series. Servania struggled to let his hands go. Garcia was 26 as he went from featherweight to junior lightweight, Mosley was 28 as he moved up two divisions, and Valdez is 28.Mosley believes that it's around this age that boxers should start to campaign in larger classes. To be completely honest, I wasn't really hurt. This website may contain adult language. Both Oscar Valdez and Jayson Velez made weight for Tuesday’s junior lightweight clash at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. I wasn't feeling myself. Valdez was hurt in round 5 from a big left hook from Quigg. Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro (born 22 December 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBO featherweight title from 2016 to August 2019. Velez weighed 130 pounds. The fighters hit scales today and before clashing at The Bubble at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. "You see the height and reach advantages right away," Garcia said. I felt like I hadn't trained enough. Beginning Monday of fight week, he basically starved himself to hit the number, and then he hit the sauna and worked out in a plastic suit to sweat out whatever was left. "I had trained very hard, I was very disciplined on what I'd eat and in the gym, and I shouldn't be getting that tired so fast inside the ring. "Valdez (26-0, 20 KOs) turned pro in November 2012, and for parts of his career, he campaigned above the featherweight limit, moving up as high as a 129.5 pounds. "I was nothing after the fifth or sixth round in the fight [against Sanchez]. Valdez made his professional debut at the age of 21 on 3 November. During that era in the late '90s, Mosley trained at the LA Boxing Gym, and one of his sparring partners was the late Genaro Hernandez, an accomplished professional prizefighter. But he did come back at 125.9, so the fight is good to go. Before he weighed in, Mosley went to extremes to lose the last few ounces, including spitting into a cup continuously. Servania dropped Valdez in round 4 with a right hand to the head. ID# 629933. In my eyes, Jason deserve a win last time he fought. In round 12, Valdez tied Quigg up frequently and used movement to stay out of trouble.
In December, Valdez knocked out Corben Page in round 2 at the Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both are in shape and ready. ET).If he's looking for an ideal model for how his move up in weight can go, Valdez can look to the experiences of other fighters, including four-division world titleholder Mikey Garcia, who jumped from 126 to 130 in 2013.Garcia's move didn't happen under ideal circumstances, either. Velez has his back to the wall and Valdez has been at war all along. Should Valdez come through this fight with a win, the current expectation is that he’ll square off with Miguel Berchelt for his world title next. Quigg was humble in defeat stating the better man won, but felt it was closer.On 13 August 2018 it was announced Valdez had left longtime trainer Manny Robles and would instead return to training under Eddy Reynoso, well known for training MGM Grand Conference Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Dogboe hit the 126-pound mark even. Valdez came back to floor Lopez in the seventh round, when Valdez won by technical knockout.Earlier Monday, Edgar Berlanga and Eric Moon made weight for the eight-round light heavyweight encounter ESPN will broadcast immediately before the Valdez-Velez bout.The 23-year-old Berlanga (13-0, 13 KOs), a hard-hitting super middleweight prospect from Brooklyn who has knocked out each of his pro opponents in the first round, officially weighed 169 pounds.
As WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez prepares to face the undefeated Jason Sanchez on Saturday at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada, his days as a 126-pounder are numbered, regardless of the result. The 29-year-old Moon (11-2, 6 KOs), of Marietta, Georgia, weighed in at 168½ pounds.Another fight that was scheduled for Tuesday night, a four-round heavyweight bout between Italy’s Guido Vianello (7-0, 7 KOs) and Phoenix’s Kingsley Ibeh (5-1, 4 KOs), was canceled Monday because Ibeh tested positive for COVID-19.The weights for the other four fights on Tuesday’s card are listed below. "I only started eating a couple of berries, four to five grapes a night," Valdez said of the week before his fight with Sanchez.
""Sugar" Shane Mosley also knows a thing or two about moving up in weight, having won titles at lightweight, welterweight and junior middleweight. ""I think he's doing it at the right time. Both fighters appeared to be in good condition for the fight. Oscar Valdez-Jayson Velez Weigh-In Results From Las Vegas