Valdez vs Osawa

Who won Valdez vs Osawa?

Oscar Valdez beat Hiroshige Osawa by technical knockout in the 7th round on Saturday, November 5th, 2016, at Thomas & Mack Center, 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 losses, and 0  draws, 18 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

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

The stats suggested Valdez had a large advantage in power over Osawa, boasting a 90% knockout percentage compared to Osawa's 63%.

Oscar Valdez was the younger man by 6 years, at 26 years old.

Osawa had a height advantage of 2 inches over Valdez.

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

Valdez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 8 years and 6 months later than Osawa, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 80 fewer professional rounds, totaling 221 compared 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 July 23, 2016, by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBO World Featherweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

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

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

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

He had beaten Ruben Tamayo on June 27, 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, which means he had been fighting approximately 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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