
Cain Sandoval KOs Mark Bernaldez in 4; Chucky Barrera suffers first defeat
Undefeated super lightweight contender ‘Sugar’ Cain Sandoval scored a spectacular fourth round knockout over veteran Mark Bernaldez on Friday night.

Undefeated super lightweight contender ‘Sugar’ Cain Sandoval scored a spectacular fourth round knockout over veteran Mark Bernaldez on Friday night.



Honda Center, Anaheim, California - Los Angeles’ fan favorite Alejandro “Pin-Pon” Reyes (8-0, 5 KOs) took down world title challenger Moises Flores (25-7-1, 17 KOs) of Guadalajara in the second round of a super lightweight fight.

Jaime Munguia didn’t have to worry about coming in weak or light-headed for the weigh-in ahead of his next fight. The former WBO junior middleweight titlist and current middleweight contender is set for his latest DAZN headliner, which comes versus England’s Jimmy ‘Kilrain’ Kelly. The scheduled 12-round bout—which takes place at a contracted limit of 165 pounds—airs live Saturday evening at Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

The pride of Chihuahua, Oscar Duarte (21-1-1, 17 KOs), will return to fight in the U.S. for the first time since 2019 against Mark "Machete" Bernaldez (23-5, 17 KOs) of Cotabato, the Philippines as the co-main event for Munguia vs. Kelly on Saturday, June 11 at Anaheim’s Honda Center.

LAS VEGAS – Rowdy Legend Montgomery got back on the winning track in violent fashion Friday night. The super middleweight veteran viciously knocked out Martez McGregor with a right hand early in the third round of their six-round super middleweight match. Referee Robert Hoyle started to count, yet quickly stopped and declared Montgomery the winner at 1:10 of the third round on the Mikaela Mayer-Maiva Hamadouche undercard at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

Mikaela Mayer and Maiva Hamadouche are set for the first step towards crowning an undisputed champion. The pair of junior lightweight titlists both made weight for their WBO/IBF title unification bout Friday evening at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Mayer checked in at a fighting fit 129.6 pounds, while Hamadouche was well within the limit at 128.6 pounds for her U.S. debut.

Junior lightweights Luis Melendez and Thomas Mattice stayed ready. The contenders, on less than two weeks’ notice, agreed to face off Friday, Nov. 5 in the eight-round co-feature to the Mikaela Mayer-Maiva Hamadouche title unification tilt at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, part of Curio Collection by Hilton.

Finnish-Spanish super bantamweight Jose Antonio Sanchez Romero (13-0-1) has been forced to pull out of the fight for the vacant EU title against Cristian Rodriguez (12-5) December 11 in Helsinki.