Unbeaten two-time Mexican Olympian featherweight Oscar Valdez scored an impressive fifth round TKO over former contender Chris “The Hitman” Avalos on Friday night at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Valdez had an answer for everything Avalos presented eventually dropping him in round three and rocking him in rounds four and five. The

Venue: Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas TV: truTV Oscar Valdez 126.8 vs. Chris Avalos 126.8 Jesse Hart 167.2 vs. Aaron Pryor Jr 167.4 Egor Mekhontsev 175.6 vs. Jackson Junior 177 Mike Reed 140 vs. Antonio Canas 140 Erick De Leon 130.4 vs. Angel Hernandez 129.4 Frankie Winton 127.4 vs. Thomas Smith

Top Rank super featherweight Oscar Valdez (16-0 14KOs) faced trouble early as he was dropped by Rueben Tamayo (25-6-4 17KOs) in the first round. Some would say that it was Tamayo stepping on Valdez’s foot, but it was still not the best thing to occur in the opening round of