On April 30, 2022, Óscar Valdez Jr. (30-0, 23 KOs), the super-featherweight WBC champion, and the super-featherweight WBO champion Shakur Stevenson (17-0, 9 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight. The vacant The Ring super-featherweight title is also on the line.
Óscar Valdez Jr. is coming in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Robson Conceição, 7 months and 20 days ago. Shakur Stevenson is on a 17-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round TKO win over Jamel Herring, 6 months and 7 days ago.
The winning odds are at 70.5-29.5 in favor of Óscar Valdez Jr., but the win will not come easy. It is going to be a competitive fight and Shakur Stevenson will put on a really good performance, Valdez Jr. will be required to be at his best.
Shakur Stevenson defeated Óscar Valdez via unanimous decision and unifies the WBC, WBO, and The Ring super-featherweight titles. Stevenson improves his record to 18-0, while Valdez Jr. adds a loss to his record at 30-1.