Oscar Valdez only has one fighter in mind

Oscar keeps training for “Alacrán”

Former world featherweight champion Oscar Valdez is plotting an impactful award winning return, after the COVID-19 pandemic, by taking on WBC super featherweight world champion Miguel “Alacran” Berchelt.

Last November he bounced back from a brief surprise trip to the canvas in the second round, to knock out Adam López.

Valdez (27-0, 19 KOs) is weathering the pandemic storm era, at his ranch in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. This was what he said about Berchelt in an interview with Top Rank: “We only have one fighter in mind at the moment, and that's ‘El Alacrán’ Berchelt because I am the mandatory challenger. There were rumors that it was going to be on May 9th. I was already back at the training camp in San Diego to prepare myself by May 9, but then we got the news…later. We just kept training. It doesn’t hurt to stay in camp.

“The fight has not yet been announced, but it is a mandatory fight. The fight has to happen. I think, on our side, we are ready to sign the contract because I am going for my dream. I want that belt We want to do it officially, and it was done training for that fight. Right now, we have to train from home. It is what it is,” Valdéz acknowledged.

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