Mexico has developed a plethora of professional boxing world champions since 1980, but only three Olympic medalists during that span.

One pugilist who had dreamt of adding to that sparse total was Oscar Valdez, who made his second trip to the Games and was a contender to reach the podium in the bantamweight division after a run that included gold at the 2008 Youth World Championships, bronze at the 2009 World Championships, and silver at last year’s Pan American Games.

Never in a dull fight, “The Tarahumara Destroyer” Daniel Ponce De Leon will finally get a long-wished for second crack at a world title this Saturday night, as featured bout of the SHOWTIME-televised blockbuster emanating from the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The hard-hitting Ponce De Leon 43-4 (35KOs) an under rated boxer with fulminating power in his left hand will take on reigning WBC Featherweight world champion Jhonny Gonzalez in a fight which De Leon has pursued for the last couple of years.

“Haber firmado con Frank ‘Derecho’ Espinoza fue la decisión correcta”, respondió a BOXNOTICIAS.NET el ex olímpico, Oscar Valdez, quien se veía satisfecho por este paso que había dado y ahora espera hacer su primera pelea profesional, tentativamente, para octubre.