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BoxingScene.com recently caught up with WBC super featherweight champion Miguel "El Alacrán" Berchelt (33-1) who returns to the ring on June 23rd against former champion Jonathan Barros (41-5-1). The action takes place in Mérida, Yucatán, México and will be televised in México on Azteca and in the United States on the ESPN+ App.
Miguel Berchelt Fight Photos Gallery - The WBC super featherweight world champion, Miguel "Alacran" Berchel, held an open workout with the media, and he looked great, very strong, precise, fast and certainly in top form.
The World Boxing Council super featherweight world champion Miguel "Alacran" Berchelt has set a goal for himself for this coming June 23 in Merida. Berchelt not only wants to come away with the victory over Argentine contender Jonathan Yoni Barros - but he wants do it by way of knockout in less than eight rounds.
On Saturday, June 23, Miguel 'Alacran' Berchelt will fulfill another dream in boxing - by defending a world championship in Merida, Yucatan - a city that supported him, and gave him opportunities and development throughout his professional career.
Promoters Zanfer Promotions and Max Boxing staged a press conference earlier today in Merida, to officially announced the upcoming world title defense of world champion Miguel Berchelt. Berchelt will make the third defense of the World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight title on Saturday June 23 - against former world champion Jonathan Víctor Barros of Argentina.
Miguel Berchelt will make the third defense of the super featherweight championship of the World Boxing Council on June 23 in venue to be determined in Mexico, against former world featherweight champion Jonathan Víctor Barros of Argentina.
Miguel 'Alacran' Berchelt will indeed defend his super featherweight world title of the World Boxing Council on February 10 at the Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Quintana Roo - but there could be changes at the last minute regarding his opponent. As it stands right now, the scheduled opponent, former world champion Cristian Mijares, is in doubt.
IBF super-bantamweight champion Lee Selby lost his mother, Frankie, just four days ago. He promised that he would be “focused” and “professional” in the lead up, and he was exactly that, winning on the scorecards 119-108 and 117-110 (twice) to retain his crown.
Lee Selby is out for revenge against Jonathan Barros after again agreeing to defend his IBF featherweight title against the Argentinian this summer. The two are to meet at the Wembley Arena on the undercard of Chris Eubank Jnr’s super-middleweight fight with Arthur Abraham on July 15, six months after their scheduled meeting was cancelled at 24 hours’ notice.
IBF featherweight world champion Lee Selby wanted a much bigger opponent, but he is now set to fight his mandatory challenger next. Selby was scheduled to make his mandatory defense against Jonathan Victor Barros on January 28th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The bout was part of the undercard to the Carl Frampton vs. Leo Santa Cruz rematch.