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 84.2-15.8 in favor of Shakur Stevenson. Óscar Valdez Jr. is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Stevenson should win this fight.
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.