Óscar Valdez

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Valdez and the second or maternal family name is Fierro.

Oscar Valdez

Personal information
Born	December 22, 1990
Medal record Men's Boxing Competitor for  Mexico World Amateur Championships Bronze 2009 Milan Featherweight

Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro (born December 22, 1990 in Nogales, Sonora) is a Mexican amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at the age of 17 and became the first Mexican Youth World Champion.

Career

Valdez came out of nowhere to upset 2007 PanAm champion Carlos Cuadras at the semifinal of the 2007 National Championships and winning the bantamweight championship in his next bout.

At the Olympic qualifier he edged out Brazilian James Pereira in the all-important semifinal and got one of two berths even though he dropped the final to Yankiel Leon, getting a silver medal and a pass to the Beijing Olympics with only 3 international bouts in his record.

In Beijing however he ran right into eventual winner Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan and lost his first bout 4-15.

Later, 2008 he went up to featherweight and won the first AIBA Youth World Championship. The tournament was held Guadalajara in his home country, and he showed up the experience he've gained beating his opponents from Barbados, Uzbekistan, Kazahkztan, Ukraine and Russia. In the semi-finals he knocked out the Ukraine opponent in the first round. In the finals he was clearly dominating the opposition among other Russian Maxim Dadashev whom he beat 12-0 in the final.

In Milan, at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships (seniors), he won the bronze medal and became the first Mexican to achieve a medal at a World Champhionships in the history of the sport in Mexico.

He is 1.65 meters and fights from an orthodox stance.

External links

• Photo, Spanish article
• Qualifier
• Junior World Championships 2008 results
• Excerps from his fights and Spanish interview Youtube

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Name	Valdez, Oscar
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Date of birth	December 22, 1990
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