LAS VEGAS — Oscar Valdez heard every critic. He took note of every doubter. He entered Saturday’s fight as an unbeaten former world champion, but he was nearly a 4-1 underdog against Miguel Berchelt on Saturday at the MGM Grand Conference Center for Berchelt’s WBC super featherweight title.
Berchelt was too big, too strong, the critics said. Valdez was hit too much, the experts said.
Valdez took it all in and used it as fuel to motivate him.
He pulled off an upset that was all the more stunning given the way he did it.