Valdez vs Osawa

Who won Valdez vs Osawa?

Oscar Valdez beat Hiroshige Osawa by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday 5th November 2016 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

This contest was for the WBO featherweight championship of the world.

Valdez vs Osawa stats

Back in November 2016, Oscar Valdez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 20 wins, zero loses and 0  draws, 18 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Hiroshige Osawa made his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 3 loses and 4 draws, with 19 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Valdez had a large advantage in power over Osawa, boosting at 90% knock out percentage over Osawa's 63%.

Oscar Valdez was the younger man by 5 years, at 26 years old.

Osawa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Valdez.

Both Oscar Valdez & Hiroshige Osawa fought out of an orthodox stance.

Valdez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 8 year and 6 months later than Osawa, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 80 less professional rounds, 221 to Osawa's 301.

Valdez vs Osawa form

Valdez had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Matias Carlos Adrian Rueda on 23rd July 2016 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Evgeny Gradovich on 9th April 2016 by technical knockout in the 4th round at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beat Ernie Sanchez on 12th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Convention Center, Tucson.

Before that, he had won against Chris Avalos on 11th September 2015 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Las Vegas.

He had beat Ruben Tamayo on 27th June 2015 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at StubHub Center, Carson.

Activity check

Valdez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 4 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 9 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 24 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.8 rounds on average.

What time did Valdez vs Osawa start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Valdez vs Osawa?

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