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On 16 January 2022, rumors surfaced that Valdez would face the WBO junior lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson in a title unification bout on 30 April 2022, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Promoter Bob Arum revealed three days later that Valdez and Stevenson had come to terms to meet in a super-featherweight world title unification fight. The fight is expected to take place on 30 April, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Valdez lost the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 117–110, 118–109, and 118–109. The fight drew in an average of 1,353,000 viewers on ESPN and peaked at 1,440,000
