Well, unfortunately, in boxing, sometimes you know, boxing, media and fans and fans, we don't.

We judge a person based on how they've looked lately, and lately he's Valdez's look good.

He hasn't looked great, but in the totality of his career, he's been a really good fighter.

But he crossed over from being a good champion toe a great champion tonight, and I don't throw that word great around very easily.

But he's a two division, two time world champion, and he beat that guy.

It's not that he won, but it's how he did it.

He boxed beautifully before the knockout came.

You gotta take tip your hat to him.

Yeah, he was a smaller man.

They said he couldn't punch.

He figured it out, and that's what champions do.

That was an all time great performance, right?

Was that knockout right there?

I have to tell you, that was knock out of the year.

I don't think anybody's gonna top that because it was against the Boogeyman, the baddest man at £130.

Uh, Burchell involved.

There's wanted this challenge.

I told you guys, it's a difference when you want to do something that when you're forced to do something No, you don't wanna be forced to run for miles.

No.

You want to choose to run for miles.

It just feels a lot better.

He was motivated by Doubters, too.

That's exactly what the president of Mexico was.

Face timing Miguel Burchell yesterday.

So wish his rival well, President, your country is wishing the other guy while I'm picking the other guy.

But you know sometimes that that negative attention, you know, can drive a fighter and drive a purgative material.

You know what I'm saying?

So you know, you take that and you listen to that crap and then you let you let that thing motivate you, and then you come out and you prove all the Doubters.

Native wrong.

Plus 6 50 was Valdez by knockout.

Plus 300 was Valdez toe win.

But everybody said no.

The fight will not go the distance.

It was an overwhelming minus 2 50.

Look at the smile is calling family.

The celebration will go deep into the Vegas night.

Mark Kriegel, Your final thoughts.

The president doubted him.

His idols doubted him.

And now he has made idols of kids back in Mexico and also in the United States.

It was a victory for his bravery.

He beat the bully.

It was a victory for composure.

It was a victory for Frank Espinosa, his manager who brought him to Eddie Ray.

No.

So who gave him the technique to complete this victory?

We have really typecast Mexican fighters.

Has just warriors.

He was anything but that.

Tonight he had grace under pressure.

This is a great victory for Oscar Valdez.

You're right.

He was everything tonight, Grace under pressure, Victory of bravery.

I want thank God for this opportunity for me winning.

And I said before there's nothing better in life than proving people wrong.

Have a list of people who doubted me.

My idols doubted me.

Boxing analysis doubted me.

They said Congress was gonna knock me out, but a little you know, I've got a message out to tell everybody.

Don't let nobody tell you what you can you can do.

Um, always work hard if your discipline in life and you try to do your best.

You know, we stayed disciplined.

Anything is possible.

Don't let everybody anybody tell you you can't do something.

Always prove them wrong.

We all thought you had to fight the perfect fight that you have to stay focused the entire time.

How were you able to pull off this upset against the most feared puncher in 100 £30 a team?

You know, it's a lot of teamwork.

A lot of time is being smart and discipline.

I'm staying focused and there's a lot of distractions out.

There wasn't it wasn't easy training with a pandemic, but like I said before, just always, always try to go for your dreams.

Don't let nobody tell you can't do nothing.

Always train hard, Do your best try to always be number one.

Nothing's impossible.

So I said it before.

There's nothing better in life than putting people wrong, and I think my team was a big part of this.

I think I wanna thank my father for being with me since day one.

You know, my family, my training.

I did it also.

My manager Frank, has been also my cousin Bubba.

You know, not seeing e i got a list of people who I wanna thank.

You know, I could stay here thinking people, because that is not one man sports.

And you know what that list is?

What we all saw in terms of flaws of Miguel Birch held his other opponents.

The six men who tried to take this belt from him also saw it.

What did you see?

And how were you able to take advantage of those flaws?

You know what?

I don't know.

There's this.

Every time I would see him, I would say e think I could beat him, you know?

And I know it's gonna be hard, but I couldn't be in life.

I don't want to ever be in life 60 70 80 years old and have regrets.

Say, I should have done it.

I should have fought him in my prime.

So that's why I wanted to take this test.

And thank God I made it.

Thank God I have accomplished my dream.

Thank my team.

Thank everybody who supported me and thank everybody who said I was gonna make it.

But you guys were part of this.

You guys were part of me Training harder to prove everybody wrong.

Now, you said that this was gonna be one of those Barrera Morales fights and that you were gonna inspire the next generation of Mexican fighters.

How do you think Mexico feels about Oscar about?

That's right now I hope they liked it.

There was a point where all the company ship was wanted me to stay in the inside, the inside the ring.

And there was times where I do.

I did want to stay in there and bang.

Just give a good fight to my crowd.

Even though I don't do that a lot of times, I hope they liked it.

I'm so happy I'm not Come.

We'll do it back like Sophie More Lopez, What does this wind do for your career?

And where do you go next?

I trained so hard for this five.

Been training for four years since the pandemic started.

E want to go back to our family?

Haven't seen my family a long time.

I just want to go and hug them.

Thank them for being the best part of the best thing in my life.

I said I was gonna take this belt back home and I'm happy for that, um, any champion out there hurt structure.

Stevenson wants to fight.

Let's do it.

I just want I just want to keep on fighting on.

Give the fights the fans what they want.

Congratulations, guys.

Leave Mexico.

Thanks for watching ESPN on YouTube for live streaming sports and premium content subscribed to ESPN, plus.