Oscar Valdez and Liam Wilson battle it out for the interim WBO super featherweight title in the main event live from Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona on Friday, March 29. A day before the fight show the athletes step on the scales to make it official.
Mexico’s Oscar Valdez (31-2, 23 KOs) is a former WBC junior bantamweight and WBO featherweight champion. Australian Liam Wilson (13-2, 7 KOs) is a former world title challenger. At the final press conference, both expressed the excitement for fighting for the title.
Both fighters made the required 130-pound championship limit and are eligible for the belt. Oscar Valdez weighed-in at 129.7 lbs. Liam Wilson showed 129.6 lbs. The contest is scheduled for 12 rounds.
In the co-main event, unified WBC and WBA minimumweight champion Seniesa Estrada (25-0, 9 KOs) of Los Angeles and Nicaraguan-born Costa Rican unified WBO and IBF champion Yokasta Valle (30-2, 9 KOs) square off for the division’s undisputed title. The championship limit is 105 pounds.
Seniesa Estrada came in at 104.2 lbs. Yokasta Valle was 104.3 lbs. The bout is scheduled for 10 rounds.
Get Valdez vs Wilson full fight card and weights below.
Valdez vs Wilson fight card
Main card
- Oscar Valdez (129.7) vs. Liam Wilson (129.6), 12 rounds, super featherweight
- Seniesa Estrada (104.2) vs. Yokasta Valle (104.3), 10 rounds, minimumweight – Estrada’s WBA and WBC titles, Valle’s IBF and WBO titles
Prelims
- Raymond Muratalla (137.1) vs. Xolisani Ndongeni (137.1), 10 rounds, lightweight
- Lindolfo Delgado (140.7)* vs. Carlos Sanchez (140.4), 10 rounds, super lightweight
- Richard Torrez Jr (236.6) vs. Donald Haynesworth (276.5), 8 rounds, heavyweight
- Sergio Leon Rodriguez (163.9) vs. Sanny Duversonne (163.7), 6 rounds, middleweight
- Emiliano Vargas (136.5) vs. Nelson Hampton (136), 6 rounds, lightweight
- Alan Garcia (135.9) vs. Gonzalo Fuenzalida (137.9), 8 rounds, lightweight
- Art Barrera Jr (141.9) vs. Keven Soto (139.7), 4 rounds, super lightweight
- Ricardo Ruvalcaba (140.9) vs. Avner Hernandez Molina (140.6), 6 rounds, super lightweight
*Contracted weight 141. Weighed-in at 141.2 on his first attempt. Showed 140.7 on his second attempt.