Early 2024
Potentially

in the United States

Potential contest @ Featherweight
31-2-0
38-2-1

The tape

32
Age
35
5' 5" / 166 cm
Height
5' 7" / 171 cm
66.1" / 168 cm
Reach
68.9" / 175 cm
Orthodox (R)
Stance
Orthodox (R)

Full record

UD 12UD 10UD 12UD 12KO 10
Form
UD 10KO 6UD 12UD 12UD 12
31
Wins
38
23
By KO
19
74
KO%
50
2
Losses
2
0
Stopped
1
0
Draws
1
2012
Debut
2006
214
Pro rounds
277

Current rankings @ Featherweight

-
The Ring
-
-
WBA
-
-
WBC
-
-
WBO
-
-
IBF
-

Oscar Valdez vs Leo Santa Cruz preview


When is Valdez vs Santa Cruz?

Oscar Valdez could face the challenge of Leo Santa Cruz in Early 2024 in the United States.

The fight would be contested over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which means the weight limit would be 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

Valdez vs Santa Cruz stats

Oscar Valdez would step into the ring with a record of 31 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 23 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Leo Santa Cruz would make his way to the ring with a record of 38 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, with 19 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggest Valdez would have a large advantage in power over Santa Cruz, boosting at 74% knock out percentage over Santa Cruz's 50%.

Oscar Valdez is the younger man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Santa Cruz has a height advantage of 2 inches over Valdez. This also extends to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Oscar Valdez & Leo Santa Cruz fight out of an orthodox stance.

Valdez is currently the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 less fights, and made his debut in 2012, 6 year later than Santa Cruz, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He has fought 63 less professional rounds, 214 to Santa Cruz's 277.

Valdez vs Santa Cruz form

Valdez has beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight, he lost to Emanuel Navarrete on 12th August 2023 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, United States.

Previous to that, he had beat Adam Lopez on 20th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Shakur Stevenson on 30th April 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Featherweight, WBO World Junior Lightweight and The Ring Junior Lightweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Robson Conceicao on 10th September 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Featherweight championship fight at Casino Del Sol, Arizona.

He had beat Miguel Berchelt on 20th February 2021 by knockout in the 10th round in their WBC World Super Featherweight championship fight at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada.

Leo Santa Cruz has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he defeated Keenan Carbajal on 5th February 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis on 31st October 2020 by knockout in the 6th round in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight and WBA World Lightweight championship fight at Alamodome, San Antonio.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Miguel Flores on 23rd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Super Featherweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had won against Rafael Rivera on 16th February 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Microsoft Theater, California.

He had defeated Abner Mares on 9th June 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight championship fight at Staples Center, LA.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Oscar Valdez has been fighting more than Leo Santa Cruz.

Oscar Valdez last fought 5 months and 16 days ago, while Leo Santa Cruz's last outing was 1 year, 11 months and 23 days ago.

Valdez's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 8 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 7 months and 2 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

Santa Cruz's last 5 fights have come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 19 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 10.4 rounds on average.

What are the odds on Valdez vs Santa Cruz?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any odds for Valdez vs Santa Cruz yet. If a contest doesn’t have odds initially after it is announced, bookmakers usually release them closer to the day of the fight.

Prediction Input

Fighter photo
Fighter photo

Result

manny
pacquiao
manny
pacquiao
win
draw
win

who wins?

pacquiao
yordenis
DRAW

10 Points for correct outcome

Verdict?

KO/TKO
Decision

5 Points for correct verdict

Verdict?

Split draw
Majority
Draw

10 Points for correct verdict

Rounds?

Select the 3 round period you think
the fight will end in.

FROM
until
ROUND
0
-
ROUND
3
0:00
1:30

Margin?

Select the average 3 points margin you think they will win by on the scorecards.

between
and
1
-
3
Points
Points
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

5 Points for correct end range

5 points for the correct margin of victory

Next

some fighter name

some win state
some verdict
ROUND
1
-
ROUND
3
0:00
1:30
1
-
3
Points
Points

VS

some fighter name

some win state
some verdict
ROUND
1
-
ROUND
3
0:00
1:30
1
-
3
Points
Points
Sorry: Error message here.
Confirm Prediction

YOUR PREDICTION

Fighter photo
Fighter photo

Oscar Valdez

Leo Santa Cruz

CREATE SHARE IMAGE
Error: Error message here.
View Your Predictions
Edit Prediction

MY PREDICTION

Fighter photo
Fighter photo

Oscar Valdez

Leo Santa Cruz

Valdez vs Santa Cruz Predictions

Your Prediction

Community Predictions

  •  
  •  
  •  
0%
0%
0%

Outcome Predictions

Winner / Verdict % of users

Be the first to leave your prediction on Valdez vs Santa Cruz

Oscar Valdez vs Leo Santa Cruz news

Discuss

Give us your thoughts on Valdez vs Santa Cruz

Join Box.Live, it’s free!

Sign up