(FEB 8) LAS VEGAS —WBC/WBA/Ring
Magazine minimumweight world champion Seniesa “Super Bad”
Estrada (25-0, 9 KOs) and WBO/IBF ruler Yokasta Valle (30-2, 9
KOs) went face to face for the first time Wednesday in Las
Vegas. Their long-simmering feud will be settled Friday, March
29 at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, as the
division's first-ever undisputed champion will be crowned in the
evening's co-feature. [In Vegas, the International Women's
Boxing Hall of Fame will take place April 4-5, 2025 at the
Orleans Hotel & Casino - for more info, go to
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In the main event, Mexican former two-division world champion
Oscar Valdez (31-2, 23 KOs) will face Australian former world
title challenger Liam Wilson (13-2, 7 KOs) in a 10-round junior
lightweight battle.
Valdez-Wilson & Estrada-Valle headline a stacked card streaming
live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+.
The undercard will feature the return of lightweight phenom
Emiliano Fernando Vargas (8-0, 7 KOs) in a six-rounder.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with No Limit Boxing,
tickets are on sale NOW via Ticketmaster.com. This is what the fighters, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, and
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, promoter of Valle,
had to say. [For cool women's boxing memorabilia, check
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Bob Arum
"This is one of the best fight cards of the year. Really great,
talented fighters, very competitive fights. I really think the
fans have a real treat in store, particularly those people
living in Glendale, Arizona, and the vicinity because they are
really rabid fight fans. They'll turn out like they have before.
We expect a full house on March 29."
Oscar De La Hoya
"It's great to be working with Bob Arum and Top Rank and making
fights happen. I think this fight here was a fight that had to
happen. I believe there's a lot of animosity between the
fighters. There's a lot of competition, and the titles are at
stake. History is at stake. Once again, Bob is making history.
Bob continues to gives us the best fights, the best events. All
I want to do is be like Bob when I grow up. I'm really happy to
work with Bob and make this fight happen because the fans
deserve it."
Seniesa Estrada
"It's not personal for her, but it's personal for me for many
reasons. I'm competitive. I'm hungry to become undisputed. This
is the fight that I've been trying to make and wanting to make
since I was with Golden Boy Promotions around the time they
first signed me. I wanted to make this fight happen because I
wanted to become undisputed. So, I'm just excited and fuc*ing
hungry to become undisputed. I can't wait for March 29!"
"It's clear that I was promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. And
Valle is always saying in interviews that I was ducking and
running from her, which is completely false because there's
never been any effort from her side to make the fight happen.
It's always been from my side since the beginning. I told Golden
Boy Promotions about her. That's how they knew about her. So, I
wanted it from the start."
Yokasta Valle
"Champion versus champion. This is nothing personal. I just want
to be a champion. I want to be undisputed. Seniesa has two
titles. That's what I'm looking for. Not her. Simply the world
titles is what I'm looking for. That's what I've been working
towards for many years. Working hard, moving up divisions. 108,
105 pounds. All to become undisputed, and we're one step away.
We're here, and I'm excited."
"I visualize all of my fights, from the music I'm going to have,
all the people screaming. And, God willing, all that's left
after that is for them to say, 'And new undisputed champion,
Yokasta Valle from Costa Rica.'"
Oscar Valdez
"I feel blessed to be on this card with these amazing fighters
sitting next to me. I feel that I'm on their card. I feel like
that's the main event. It's going to be a tremendous fight."
"I definitely learned a lot from my last fight {a decision loss
to Emanuel Navarrete}. We made mistakes in the ring. Sometimes,
we go in with a game plan. Sometimes, that game plan doesn't
work."
"I'm trying to become a world champion {again}. That's every
fighter's dream. Of course he's taking this fight seriously. So
am I.... I respect Liam Wilson as a fighter and as a person. But
inside that ring, I'm going to try to knock his head off. I'm
going to do my best to win the fight and just win because I know
winning this fight will get me closer to a world title shot. I
really, really miss being a world champion."
Emiliano Fernando Vargas
"A kid can dream, and with hard work, they come to fruition. So,
I'm very, very grateful to be here. This is another opportunity
on March 29 to showcase my skills in front of all my beautiful
fans in Glendale, Arizona. Fight by fight, we'll get there."
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