Miguel Berchelt: record, next fight and profile →
The contingency created by COVID-19 has deprived the world of many important fights, including the title fight between WBC super featherweight world champion Miguel Angel "Alacrán" Berchelt and mandatory challenger Óscar Valdéz.
Former WBO featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez is fully focused on landing his mandatory shot at WBC super featherweight beltholder Miguel “El Alacran” Berchelt. Valdez (27-0, 21 KOs) moved up in weight last November and was recently made the mandatory challenger.
Whenever he encounters Oscar Valdez, Miguel Berchelt expects the former featherweight champion to try to box him. Berchelt believes Valdez and his respected trainer, Eddy Reynoso, realize trading with him would be a bad idea. Mexico’s Berchelt talked about his 130-pound title fight versus Valdez during an interview with Top Rank’s Lupe Contreras, which was conducted Tuesday on that promotional company’s YouTube channel.
If the three-time world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko and Top Rank CEO Bob Arum are looking for more opponents after having faced Teofimo López, Zanfer Promotions CEO Fernando Beltrán suggested that he someone who is ready, WBC super featherweight champion Miguel Berchelt.
From his home in Hermosillo, Sonora, where he answered the call to stay home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the WBC super featherweight champion, Miguel "Alacrán" Berchelt, conducted an interview through "Facebook Live" with Zanfer.
Oscar Valdez has arrived in the Mexican capital, excited to close a fight with Miguel Berchelt for the month of June, because beyond considering him the toughest opponent of the super featherweight division, he is the only obstacle that prevents him from achieving something that he dreamed of since childhood: to be champion of the World Boxing Council.
ATLANTIC CITY – Bob Arum doesn’t know exactly when or where just yet, but the Hall-of-Fame promoter is certain we’ll see Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez square off in the next fight for both boxers. “That fight is definitely gonna happen,” Arum told BoxingScene.com.
With all the spectacular knockouts, upsets and great fights that took place last year, 2020 should be as good, if not better, right? There are some blockbuster and spectacular fights on the horizon through February, with the big one taking place on Feb. 22 between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas.
Julio César Chávez has the super featherweight world title defense record with 9 fights, while Miguel 'Alacrán' Berchelt already plans to reach that number and overcome it, as he wishes to enter the Hall of Fame as one of the greatest fighters ever to come out of Mexico.
Miguel Berchelt Video Interview - Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas - Former featherweight world champion Oscar Valdez (27-0, 21 KOs) made his debut at 130-pounds and was forced to get off the floor to stop very late replacement Adam Lopez (13-2, 6 KOs) in the seventh round. (photos by Mikey Williams)