Initially Valdez was supposed to meet Andres Gutierrez, but the latter showed at the weigh an incredible overweight of 11 pounds. Lopez was about to fight on the undercard in the 10-round bout in the featherweight division and Bob Arum offered him to replace Gutierrez. Due to the fact that Lopez did the limit of 126 pounds, Valdez was forced to agree to rehydration clause and the weigh-in in the morning of the fight.
Also this evening former two weight champion Carl Frampton (26-2, 15 KOs) from Belfast will meet undefeated Tyler McCreary (16-0-1, 7 KOs) in a 10-round second featherweight fight.
In the US this boxing evening will take place on ESPN+ the beginning at 6:30 pm ET.