Oscar Valdez successfully defends his title VS Hiroshige Osawa

November 5th, 2016 was another exciting night of boxing held at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Nogales Sonora, Mexico's very own Oscar Valdez co-headlined and fought alongside these other greats in the sport including; Manny Pacquiao vs Jesse Vargas (headliner), Nonito Donaire vs Jessie Magdaleno, Hiroshige Osawa (his opponent), Alexander Besputin and a few others.

Oscar lacing up and tying his shoes before warming up.

Focused and quiet, winning is the objective. It seems as though he is running various scenarios in his head, different ways of punishing and/or stopping his opponent. This will be the first defense of his hard earned WBO world title.

Here, approximately 30 mins before his bout, he is in the locker room warming up with coach Edgar and as always Mr Valdez (Dad) by his side. The rest of the team is out supporting his other stable mate Jessie "El Peligroso" Magdaleno against the tough and dangerous Nonito "Filipino Flash" Donaire. That fight is going on in the arena in front of thousands, as well as hundreds of thousands people watching from home on Top Rank Pay per view.

The snap of that uppercut! The sound of power as it hits the pads, somewhat rattles and echoes in the room. I can feel the intensity building up. Its almost time, almost ready as the final round of the previous fight ends.

It's time and we are walking out to the ring.

We wait for the signal to proceed while the opponent's introduction is going on.

At this point, Manny Robles is back from a successfully coaching of Jessie Magdaleno to get the W over Donaire and joins the team. He goes over important reminders, keys and strategies to victory.