Miguel Berchelt: record, next fight and profile →
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.
Mexican slugger Miguel "Alacran" Berchelt is living the dream, desires the glory and is giving everything in his preparation to face his biggest boxing commitment on January 28 in Indio, California - when he faces the world super featherweight champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Francisco "Bandido" Vargas.
Confident in his ability to cause an upset, Miguel Berchelt (30-1, 27 KOs) is adamant that at 25 years of age and with experience accumulated, he is in the perfect position to become the WBC world champion when he takes on Francisco Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) on January 28.
Anytime two Mexican fighters with big knockout ratios face each other, particularly when a world title is on the line, the attention of boxing fans worldwide is raised. On January 28 Francisco Vargas (23-0-2, 17 KOs) defends his WBC belt against Miguel Berchelt (30-1, 27 KOs) at the Fantasy Springs Casino in California. BoxingScene.com had the opportunity to speak to Berchelt this week who is based at his training camp in Sonora, Mexico.
Cruiserweight: Champion Tony Bellew (Great Britain) - Bellew requested approval from the Board of Governors for a fight in the heavyweight division against David Haye, and the Board supports his request. Bellew will remain cruiserweight champion until he informs the WBC whether he will continue to fight as a heavyweight or return to the cruiserweight division. In the meantime, the WBC has ordered an interim title fight between No. 1 ranked Mairis Breidis of Latvia and No. 2 ranked Marco Huck of Germany. The free negotiation period starts today and if no agreement is reached, a purse offer will be held on January 14 or 15.
In his highly anticipated return from back-to-back ‘Fight of the Year’ performances, WBC super-featherweight world champion Francisco “El Bandido” Vargas will take on knockout king Miguel Berchelt exclusively live on BoxNation on January 28th.
Francisco Vargas will defend his WBC 130-pound title against Miguel Berchelt on January 28, Zanfer Promotions liaison Sean Gibbons confirmed to Boxingscene.com Friday morning.
Former world champion Juan Francisco 'Gallo' Estrada and the interim super featherweight champion of the World Boxing Organization, Miguel 'Scorpion' Berchelt, will not return by the end of the year as planned, according to ESPN Deportes.
WBO interim super featherweight champion Miguel 'El Alacrán' Berchelt (30-1 27 KOs) appears headed towards a December showdown against former title challenger Orlando Cruz. He doesn't want to look too far ahead but he already has his eyes on bigger fights. He has a potential "super" fight on the horizon being that he is the mandatory challenger for full WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko who faces Nicolas Walters on November 26th at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, WBO interim super featherweight champion Miguel "El Alacrán" Berchelt (30-1 27 KOs) is slated to return to the ring on December 3rd with Puerto Rican Orlando "El Fenómeno" Cruz (24-4-1) the frontrunner to be his opponent. The date could change but Berchelt should return before the end of the year.