Oscar Valdez defeated defending champion Miguel Berchelt to secure the WBC super spring belt on Saturday after delivering a powerful left hook at the end of the 10s.de round.
The victory could lead Valdez to a fight with WBO champion Shakur Stevenson, who sits on the side of the MGM Grand Conference Center and says, “This is the only fight being made right now.”
Berchelt did not move for a few seconds after being knocked out and had to be assisted in a sitting position.
Valdez scored in the fourth inning when the referee ruled that the ropes held Berchelt high. But Berchelt, who has held the WBC super-featherweight title since 2017 and is considered the world’s best active super-featherweight, hosted a rally during the match.
“There’s nothing better in life than proving people wrong,” thirty-year-old Valdez told reporters. ‘I have a list of people who doubted me. My idols doubted me. Boxing analysts doubt me. They said Berchelt was going to knock me out. I have a message for everyone: Do not let anyone tell you what you can and cannot do. ‘