Oscar Valdez stops Jayson Velez, title shot next?

Oscar Valdez needed to win Tuesday night to earn a shot at WBC super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt. Valdez got the job (and apparently the title shot) done by stopping Jayson Velez in the 10^th and final round at the MGM Grand Conference Center.

“Miguel Berchelt is the fight I want,” said Valdez. “He has the WBC title at 130 pounds. I want the WBC title. Miguel and I would make for a great fight,"

A win is a win but was Valdez impressive? The former slugger and featherweight titleholder looked good in spots, displaying a better defense though his face was bruised after the fight. Valdez is now 28-0, while posting his 22^nd career knockout. Velez record falls to 29-7, 21 KOs.

Heavy-handed super middleweight Edgar Berlanga scored his 14th consecutive first-round knockout, destroying Eric Moon (11-3, 6 KOs) in 62 seconds. A pair of overhand rights sent Moon to dreamland. The kid can punch.

Berlanga downplayed his latest victory.

“It was another step-up fight for me,” Berlanga said. “We prepared to go rounds, but I got him hurt and got him out of there, “I still have so much room to grow as a fighter. The power is there, but I will show everyone that I am a well-rounded fighter. The knockout streak is cool, but there is more to me than first-round knockouts.”

Former WBO junior featherweight champion Isaac Dogboe returned to the ring after 14 months, stopping Chris Avalos in the eighth round. Dogboe (21-2, 15 KOs) started slowly—eventually warming to the task as the fight progressed. The fight was his first with trainer Barry Hunter.

Kim Clavel (12-0, 2 KOs) was victorious in her ESPN debut, defeating previously undefeated Natalie Gonzalez (6-1, 1 KO) by a wide unanimous decision.

Junior welterweight prospect Elvis Rodriguez (8-0-1, 8 KOs) notched his second knockout in 19 days, icing Dennis Okoth (4-4-1, 2 KOs) with a single left cross in the second round.