We have never seen the sublime Vasyl Lomachenko dragged into a FIGHT, a rough and tough affair – a dogfight. Maybe no-one at or around 135 pounds is capable of doing it, but maybe Mexican warrior Miguel Berchelt is the man for the job.
Miguel Berchelt 129.8 lbs vs. Jason Sosa 128.2 lbs
(Berchelt’s WBC Super Featherweight world title – 12 Rounds)
Javier Molina 141 lbs vs.
Artur Beterbiev-Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Shakur Stevenson-Joet Gonzalez, Miguel Berchelt-Jason Sosa and Jamel Herring-Lamont Roach Jr. Highlight Top Rank’s Fall Boxing Schedule
Three world title bouts and a highly anticipated light heavyweight unification fight are on the docket for Top Rank’s fall schedule, which will be unveiled TODAY at 12 p.m.
It was pure savagery in the desert. Miguel Berchelt defended his WBC super featherweight world title over Francisco Vargas after Vargas retired on his stool following the sixth round of a brawl in front of 4,424 fans at Tucson Arena.
WBC super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt (36-1, 32 KOs) beat the hapless former WBC 135 pound champion Francisco ‘El Bandito’ Vargas (25-2-2, 18 KOs) like a drum in defeating him by a sixth round stoppage on Saturday night on ESPN in front of a sizable crowd of 4,424 at the Tuscon Arena in Tucson, Arizona.
If you’re of a certain age, you might remember spending your Saturday watching the likes Matthew Saad Muhammad and Danny “Little Red” Lopez on network TV, as they engaged in one impossibly exciting shootout after another.
On Saturday night ESPN and FOX go head to head, a troubling trend that tends to take away from both broadcasts viewership numbers.
ESPN & ESPN Deportes (10 p.m. ET)
• Miguel Berchelt 130 lbs vs Francisco Vargas 130 lbs
(Berchelt’s WBC Super Featherweight world title – 12 Rounds)
• Emanuel Navarrete 121.6 lbs vs Isaac Dogboe 121.4 lbs
(Navarrete’s WBO Junior Featherweight world title – 12 Rounds).
Two world title rematches and four blood-and-guts warriors are coming to Tucson Arena Saturday evening for “Twice as Nice,” one of the year’s most highly anticipated cards (ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 10 p.m
If this past Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez-Danny Jacobs fight didn’t quite do it for lovers of a slugfest (Canelo’s win being thrilling in spots but never really coming close to satisfying the bloodlust a good number of fight fans have), chances are the violence on display inside the Convention Centre in Tucson this coming Saturday evening will leave no-one feeling at all dissatisfied.