Francisco Vargas: record, next fight and profile →
Saturday’s HBO Boxing After Dark® doubleheader telecast begins at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. Opening up the telecast at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California is a 12-round super featherweight attraction between Takashi Miura and Mickey Roman. The main event of the evening will be a 12-round super featherweight title matchup featuring Francisco Vargas defending his title against Miguel Berchelt
Undefeated Francisco Vargas defends his World Boxing Council Super Featherweight title Saturday against Mexican compatriot Miguel Berchelt with Japan's Takashi Miura on the undercard seeking another chance at the throne.
Out of everyone who will be attending this weekend's card at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California - where an HBO doubleheader takes place featuring a pair of super featherweight contests between Francisco Vargas and Miguel Berchelt and Takashi Miura who takes on Miguel Roman - there is no more of an interested observer than Orlando Salido, who battled with Vargas back in June in what is considered one of the better fights of recent years.
LOS ANGELES - WBC Super Featherweight Champion Francisco "El Bandido" Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) and Mexican brawler and WBO Interim Super Featherweight champion Miguel "El Alacran" Berchelt (30-1, 27 KOs) today hosted the final press conference ahead of their 12-round sure-fire all-action fight set for Saturday, January 28 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California and televised live on the season premiere of HBO Boxing After Dark® beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
On January 28th, Francisco "El Bandido" Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) will look to defend his WBC Super Featherweight title, as he steps into the ring for a 12-round fight against Miguel "El Alacran" Berchelt (30-1, 27 KOs) as the main event at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. Vargas trains at "El Trebol Gym" in Ciudad Azteca, and runs every morning at the well-known place of Desierto de Los Leones. Golden Boy Promotions caught up with the stylish and undefeated fighter from Mexico City ahead of the biggest fight of his career in an exclusive Q&A session.
For the time being WBA 130-pound titlist Jason Sosa (20-1-4, 15 KOs) has a blank 2017 itinerary. "We don't have anything scheduled, right now,''his promoter, Russel Peltz admitted to BoxingScene.com in a recent interview. "Eric Gomez (president of Golden Boy Promotions) had called me a few months ago to fight (Francisco) Vargas and I said 'yes' and we never heard from him again."
Trainer Alfredo Caballero is one hundred percent confident that his pupil Miguel "Scorpion" Berchelt (30-1, 27 KOs) will become the new WBC super featherweight champion on January 28th in Indio, California, when he challenges undefeated titleholder Francis 'Bandido' Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) in an HBO televised main event.
There are very few fighters in the world who deliver the type of fights Orlando “Siri” Salido delivers every time he gets into the ring, and his fight with Francisco “Bandido” Vargas this past June was voted as the best of 2016 by the majority of the boxing media.
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Sadam Ali’s second fight back after his welterweight title loss could come on the Jan. 28 show in Los Angeles featuring 130-pound titleholder Francisco Vargas defending his belt against Miguel Berchelt, according to Ali’s trainer, Andre Rozier.