This time Danny Z and Michael "Shep" Shepherd reviewed Andrew Cancio vs Alberto Machado, Elwin Soto vs Angel Acosta, Jermell Charlo vs Jorge Cota fights. Commey is returning from a hand injury suffered in his February win over Isa Chaniev, which won Commey the IBF lightweight title. Beltran is a former titleholder and always a tough opponent. Winner to face Teofimo Lopez.
Andrew Cancio (21-4-2, 16 KOs) knocked out Alberto Machado (21-2, 17 KOs) in the third round in the main event of the boxing night in Indio, California. Thus, Cancio defeated Machado for the second time and defended his WBA super featherweight title.
In the main event of the evening at Fantasy Springs local underdog Andrew Cancio (20-4-2, 15 KOs) overcame a bad knockdown in the opening round to shockingly knock out undefeated WBA super featherweight champion Alberto Machado (21-1, 17 KOs), nicknamed “El Explosivo,” at 2:16 of the fourth round. Machado was down 3 times in the 4th and the referee waved the fight over.
Unbeaten Alberto Machado (19-0, 16 KO) scored a KO victory in the eighth round over Jezreel Corrales (22-2, 8 KOs) and won vacant WBA "regular" title in the super featherweight division in the main event of the evening at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. At the stake of this meeting the title was only for Machado, as Corrales lost his belt on the scales the day before the fight, showing 4 pounds over the limit.