Oscar Valdez W10 Ricky Medina... For the first time in more than a decade, former two-division world champion Oscar Valdez returned to fight on Mexican soil. The 34-year old complained of an injured shoulder but was able to defeat San Antonio, Texas' Ricky Medina via unanimous decision (97-93, 100-90, and 98-92) Saturday night at Domo Binacional in Valdez's hometown of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.  Medina, 10 years Valdez’s junior, absorbed the veteran’s best shots and often muscled him to the ropes. Valdez (33-3, 24 KOs) struck early but didn’t find his rhythm until the middle rounds, when he began to mix in heavier shots upstairs and to the body.

 

The two-time Mexican Olympian kept the tempo high down the stretch, but Medina (16-4, 9 KOs), who has never been stopped as a pro, refused to wilt. Valdez said afterwards, “I know today wasn’t my best performance, but I promise to come back home and deliver a great fight. I don’t like to give excuses, but I hurt my shoulder in the first round, and that impeded what I wanted to do. But thank God we got past this fight. I want to be a world champion again. I want to come back home with that world title.”

 

UNDERCARD RESULTS

 

Junior featherweights Israel Ramirez (23-2, 12 KOs) and Jose Amaro (12-0-1, 4 KOs) fought to a no contest. The fight was stopped at 1:18 of round three due to a cut above Ramirez's left eye caused by an accidental headbutt.

 

Also in the junior featherweight division, Angel Patron (18-0, 13 KOs) stopped Carlos Vargas (18-3, 13 KOs) at 1:52 of the third round.

 

Junior welterweight Erick Fernando Campos (7-1, 2 KOs) stopped Omar Garcia (3-4-2) at 2:35 of the fifth round.

 

Junior lightweight Luis Corona (6-0-1, 4 KOs) prevailed by majority decision over Yohan Orduño (3-1, 3 KOs). The official scores were 58-56 (twice) for Corona and 57-57.