ON THE RISE: But Valdez needs a big fight
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IT’s an interesting time to be a featherweight. In the UK, unheralded Josh Warrington has strung together a series of superb wins that have placed him near the top of the 126lb pile, while on the other side of the Atlantic, Gary Russell Jnr has shown signs of upping his onefight- a-year-againsta- mediocre-opponent schedule by talking to Eddie Hearn about joining DAZN.