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WBC king Oscar Valdez (30-0) will face WBO belt holder Shakur Stevenson (17-0) in a super-featherweight title unification clash in Las Vegas, live on Sky Sports in the early hours of Sunday, May 1

Oscar Valdez's huge world title unification clash with Shakur Stevenson will be shown live on Sky Sports from Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday May 1.

Mexican star Valdez defends his WBC title against WBO king Stevenson, one of America's hottest talents, with both super-featherweights risking their unbeaten records.

"I want to make it clear that I am the best 130-pound fighter in the world," said Valdez, who was won all 30 of his professional fights.

"We know Shakur Stevenson is very good at fighting, but he's even better at social media. I'll let my fists speak for themselves."

Oscar Valdez and Shakur Stevenson finally go face to face! As we captured the first face off between Shakur Stevenson and Oscar Valdez in Las Vegas. As Shakur Stevenson smiles and sizes up Oscar Valdez in their first face to face!|

WBO super featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson says he’s not going to let WBC champion Oscar Valdez hit him back when the two of them fight next month in a two-belt unification match on ESPN+ at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Shakur (17-0, 9 KOs) has no intention of getting involved in exchanges with the hard-hitting Valdez (30-0, 23 KOs) in this fight. He says what he plans on doing is fighting him like he did WBO 130-lb champion Jamel Herring last October.

In that fight, Stevenson would drop his bombs and then either lean back or pull away to prevent the tall 5’10” Herring from connecting with his hard shots. While it was boring at times, it wasn’t nearly as dull as Shakur’s previous fight against Jeremiah Nakathila.

That was a fight that resulted in the ringside crowd booing Stevenson during much of the second half due to his focus on retreating each time he would throw a shot.

The fans want to see fighters that are capable of staying in the pocket at least some of the time, but that’s not what Shakur wanted to do against the heavy-handed Nakathila.

Valdez may need to chase Stevenson if he chooses to retreat after every blow he throws on April 30th because he’s made it clear that he won’t stay in the pocket against him.

Stevenson Says Valdez NOT Skillful
“I think he’s a tough rugged fighter. I don’t know about skillful. I don’t think he’s that skillful,” said Shakur Stevenson to Fight Hub TV. “He’s tough and don’t take no for an answer, so I got to beat it out of him.

“I’ve watched him against other skillful fighters. I watched him against Adam Lopez and Robson Conceicao. They outskilled him, but the things that carried him over to win those fights, which I think they stopped the Adam Lopez fight a little early.

“The thing that carried him [Lopez] over was his will and him trying to be tough and trying to out-rugged the guy. I’m tough too. I’m not going anywhere. I’m bigger than him, stronger than him, faster than him. I’m just an overall better fighter,” said Stevenson.

There’s no point in Shakur needing to try and devalue Valdez to give himself a confidence boost for the fight.

The way Stevenson talks, he sounds terribly insecure, as if he needs to discredit his opponents in hopes of feeling better about his chances of winning.

If Stevenson is as good as he says he is, he shouldn’t feel the need to disparate Valdez and his other opponents.

Obviously, Valdez has talent, and it’s a waste of Shakur’s time to belittle him.

If Oscar lacked talent as Stevenson says, he wouldn’t be 30-0, and would have never captured two-division world titles and fought in two Olympics.

“I’m a special talent,” said Shakur when asked what will carry him over to victory against Oscar Valdez. “I got heart, and I’m an all-around talent. I can fight him on the inside, fight him on the outside.

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